Camped out in the trunk of the GTX...removing spot welds is a blast...not! Here's some pics of the fun...any volunteers...it's only 45 and misting here today, practically tropical
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pic 3 notice the vintage air shocks in pic 1

Passenger quarter panel is next...

Rapidus, looks like you may be able to answer a question for me. Is the floorpan spot welded to the crossmember that the shocks mount to?

Nope, oddly, it is spotwelded about a million times everywhere else but it actually crosses over that crossmember without being spotwelded and spotwelds to the aft end of the back floor pan...getting to those spot welds is the toughest part of the removal...me and the grinder have been up close and personal in that area...

Can I get a mod to move this to the restoration forum...my fingers are numb from the air chisel...clicked the wrong button... , thanks

Yeah, it's ok...that's practically the only freakin thing they didn't spot weld it to

Thank Goodness all sheet metal in Texas is rust free....YIKES!

Good work.

This car has extra special rust...it sat in an open pasture for over 20 years. The field rats moved into the trunk and with the trunk seal leaking it was a mess and add to that the battery had been moved to the trunk and was still in there all that time...luckily the right side frame rail is ok, same couldn't be said for the quarter, wheel well or trunk pan, floor pans are perfect, the rats REALLY liked the trunk area

Well if you ever get bored with working in the trunk, you can come help me lay under my dash and cut/weld to the bottom side of my cowl/firewall. The mice had moved in there too and did a nice job of clogging up the water drains for a couple decades or so.

Keep the photos comming, lets see the rest of the car. There's someone near me selling a GTX that has to be the worst I've ever seen, not a single panel is without some sort of work needed, and most of them, including the roof, is completely rusted out. I feel bad for the car since it's number matching 4 speed, white top, white interior, super track pac. I hated walking away from it. Oh yea, no build sheet and no fender tag.

Here's what it looked like the day I pulled it out of the pasture where it had been sitting since 1986..

Here's what it looks like right now...eng and trans are out, interior is out, dash and all wiring is out, metal work in progress...originally QQ1 blue, white vinyl top, white interior, 440, 4 speed, 3.54 Dana

You have your work cut out for you Rob. Wish I had a place I could work on my junk.

That will be a great color combo when it's done! Good luck-keep posting!

Spot weld removal is fun - it gets to being like a sport - "come on you lil bastage, you can't hide forever"

I know, it's amazing...heck, yesterday I got so much grinding dust in my drop light that it shorted out and caught on fire...quite an event...me, air hoses, extension cords, tools everywhere and a burning drop light ...nice, real nice...I just keep trying to remind myself that I can't wait to get it back on the road...

The trunk of my 68 Coronet R/T looks just like that. I need to get back in there and finish it.