BamaWildcat
06-18-2006, 01:22 AM
I'll be maintaining this thread to show progress of the repair to my 1964 Buick Wildcat's rear fender. During the 60's or 70's the car was in a wreck with a Toyota pickup which caused this damage. My parents bought the car this way and never had it fixed. My dad told me he could have the car fixed for $300 in the 80s, but that was a huge chuck of his salary, so he did not have it fixed. Now $300 is probably what it cost me just to get the old fender cut off. (I haven't got the bill yet).
This is the car I pulled out of the junkyard after I thought it was gone forever when it was hauled off from my parents house in 1998. Story here. (http://www.1964buick.com/deciding%20on%20a%20wildcat.htm)
This is the rear fender "before" any repairs were made on the car:
http://www.1964buick.com/resto_logs/before_driver_side.jpg
This is the rear fender after the rust was removed from the roof and the rear door was replaced with a re-finished one from my parts car in February:
This is the car I pulled out of the junkyard after I thought it was gone forever when it was hauled off from my parents house in 1998. Story here. (http://www.1964buick.com/deciding%20on%20a%20wildcat.htm)
This is the rear fender "before" any repairs were made on the car:
http://www.1964buick.com/resto_logs/before_driver_side.jpg
This is the rear fender after the rust was removed from the roof and the rear door was replaced with a re-finished one from my parts car in February: