[FC] Re: <VV> Can This Quarter Panel Be Saved?

[* Greenbrier Goon *]

Hey everybody:

With all of this talk about trying to save the quarter panel on my 
Greenbrier...

Tonight I continued to cut up the junk FC.  After being as carefull as I 
could at removing the right rear quarter panel, I discovered that it is 
actually in pretty good shape.  Much better than the one on my Greenbrier.

The panel has some rust at the very bottom between the muffler "void" and 
the outer part of the panel.  It also has some rust below the lower side 
cargo hinge.  There has been some bondo spread on it is in a few spots by 
someone.  Now that I have it off, I can see from the backside that it is 
relatively straight.

This may be the donor panel I have been looking for.  I will clean it up and 
remove the bondo this weekend to make a better evaluation.

Charles



Greenbrier World:
http://www.c-zone.net/northgte/greenbrier.htm

1963 Greenbrier PG (soon to be 4 speed)
1963 Corvair 95 4 Speed (soon to be scrap)





>From: Tony Underwood <tonyu@roava.net>
>To: "* Greenbrier Goon *" <greenbriergoon@hotmail.com>, 
>virtualvairs@skiblack.com,corvanatics@corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Can This Quarter Panel Be Saved?
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:13:22 -0400
>
>At 05:01 AM 7/13/2003 +0000, * Greenbrier Goon * wrote:
> >Hey everybody:
> >
> >Any of you who have good body work skills please take a look at this:
> >http://www.c-zone.net/northgte/FC-quarter.jpg
> >
> >This is the passenger side quarter panel on my '63 Greenbrier.  It has
> >looked this way since I bought it in 1994. A previous owner side-swiped
> >somthing and damaged both side cargo doors and the rear quarter panel.
> >
> >The time has come to fix up the body on this van. Not having any good 
>body
> >work skills, I don't know if this can be fixed or if it should be
>replaced.
>
>If you managed to turn up a NOS replacement panel or perhaps a good used
>one that hadn't been carved from a donor vehicle with a pick axe, of course
>it would likely be best to replace the damaged sheet metal...  but it would
>require some MIG welding etc,
>
>In lieu of replacement, I'd not see a lot of terrible heartache in
>repairing the dented panel since it doesn't look *that* bad.   I've fixed
>worse but if you can turn up a replacement panel, do it.
>
>
> >Most of the damage is toward the rear of the panel, but there is a small
> >crease running almost the entire length of the panel.
>
>Noted...   and it's not all that easy to get behind that panel to work the
>crease either.
>
>
> >Maybe someone who knows body work can give me some advice.  I wan't this 
>van
> >to look really good without any half-assed body work.
>
>Poll the lists, see if someone has a parts FC that might donate a good
>panel...?
>
>
> >I have located one almost perfect cargo door and one not-so perfect one. 
>The
> >not-so-perfect one has more rust than I originally suspected when I 
>bought
> >it.  I may be in need of a better one to replace that one.
>
>How bad is the damaged door that this rusty door is to replace?   Got a
>photo?
>
>
>tony..
>
>
>

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