I tried to make the topic punny. 
Long time Cbodydrydock member (TNT440_Cbody over there), and I guess this is where everybody has migrated to so I am following along.
I've had my '68 300 for a long time and am almost to the point where I can start fixing the body and painting it. It has rust in both rear quarters under the lower trim, and rust pretty much the entire length above both fender skirts. I've mostly taken care of the rust that was under the vinyl roof as well. This car has had minor work done to the rear quarter panel on the passenger side, as made evident by holes that were made to pull the panel back out. It's not bad, but not perfect.
Last weekend I picked up another '68 300 sans engine/trans that has perfect rear quarters, and the body behind the firewall (minus hammered passenger door) is very straight. Unfortunately it has rust where the vinyl roof used to be, and one hole in the rear window channel right in the middle. The rear window will be easy to fix but I worry about the roof. There are a couple of spots that are thin and have very small holes all the way through the metal.
Which is the lesser of two evils? The roof or the rear quarters? I don't have pics of the bad quarter panels on my current driver but they are quite holy, and filled with Bondo above the fender skirts. I'll attach pics of the new acquisition and rusty roof here for your analysis. Some of the rusted spots look worse than they are, but some are pretty bad and very thin. I would like to be able to paint the roof and not have to POR-15 it and put another water trapping vinyl roof on top.
I converted my car to a 4-speed but that was easy in my opinion, when compared to body work. I don't have much issue with doing a subframe swap, which is what I planned to do with the new body. Maybe I should just cut the quarters off and weld them up? I'm open to opinions!
Long time Cbodydrydock member (TNT440_Cbody over there), and I guess this is where everybody has migrated to so I am following along.I've had my '68 300 for a long time and am almost to the point where I can start fixing the body and painting it. It has rust in both rear quarters under the lower trim, and rust pretty much the entire length above both fender skirts. I've mostly taken care of the rust that was under the vinyl roof as well. This car has had minor work done to the rear quarter panel on the passenger side, as made evident by holes that were made to pull the panel back out. It's not bad, but not perfect.
Last weekend I picked up another '68 300 sans engine/trans that has perfect rear quarters, and the body behind the firewall (minus hammered passenger door) is very straight. Unfortunately it has rust where the vinyl roof used to be, and one hole in the rear window channel right in the middle. The rear window will be easy to fix but I worry about the roof. There are a couple of spots that are thin and have very small holes all the way through the metal.
Which is the lesser of two evils? The roof or the rear quarters? I don't have pics of the bad quarter panels on my current driver but they are quite holy, and filled with Bondo above the fender skirts. I'll attach pics of the new acquisition and rusty roof here for your analysis. Some of the rusted spots look worse than they are, but some are pretty bad and very thin. I would like to be able to paint the roof and not have to POR-15 it and put another water trapping vinyl roof on top.
I converted my car to a 4-speed but that was easy in my opinion, when compared to body work. I don't have much issue with doing a subframe swap, which is what I planned to do with the new body. Maybe I should just cut the quarters off and weld them up? I'm open to opinions!
From another Dock member
