Today I started on the left rear corner. I welded the inner pieces together first. I had to salvage the long brace that goes underneath from my donor car, as you can't buy this piece. I cut and fit a section from another quarter piece I acquired, as the area around the tailight was rusted away. This required quite a bit of fitting, as it had to line up with the lower patch piece as well. I used the side marker holes as a reference point, which worked quite well to orient the upper patch. I then clamped all the other pieces in place to make sure everything lined up properly, then removed everything but the two outer patch pieces. I hammer welded these pieces in, but the panel will still require a bit of shrinking, as the lower, repro piece has more of a bulge than it should have, ( suprise suprise) so didn't want to line up perfectly with the quarter.
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