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Quarter Panels

From 1983 Ford Bronco “Rosie”, documented by Fred Willson.

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1983 Ford Bronco - I took the quarter panel apart in pieces, leaving the top edge so I could procrastinate on removing the top. 1983 Ford Bronco - Close view down the passenger-side rear quarter of a Bronco with the outer skin removed, exposing the gray inner tub wall, the rusty wheel-… 1983 Ford Bronco - Passenger-side rear of a Bronco with the outer quarter skin cut away, revealing the gray inner tub, the heavily surface-rusted inner wheelh… 1983 Ford Bronco - As I exposed the inner tub, I removed the surface rust, treated it, covered with undercoat and sealed the undercoat with black rust retarde… 1983 Ford Bronco - Three-quarter front view of a light blue full-size Ford Bronco mid-bodywork in a gravel driveway, with the cab and glass masked off in plas… 1983 Ford Bronco - There are a zillion welds to cut to get the 1/4 panel skin off so get yourself a good cutter with spare bits plus a weld buster. In case yo… 1983 Ford Bronco - By lightly grinding along the edge it is easier to find all the spot welds. You can see the weld buster being tapped along to get any remai… 1983 Ford Bronco - Tight macro along the upper flange of a white-painted quarter panel showing a row of drilled-out spot welds and ground-down metal where the… 1983 Ford Bronco - This is the hardest piece to get off. The top and 1/4 panel pieces were spot welded from the inside before the inner skin is put on. 1983 Ford Bronco - As you can see there is a lot of stuff to come apart. The L shaped piece holds one of the seals. I had to cut the welds with a weld cutter… 1983 Ford Bronco - I used a pry bar to stretch open the seam. 1983 Ford Bronco - And then carefully cut the welds with a cut off wheel using my angle grinder. By the way that wheel will cut you if you are not careful. I'… 1983 Ford Bronco - Detail of a cut-open body seam during quarter-panel removal, with a red circle drawn on the photo to point out the notched flange and spot-… 1983 Ford Bronco - Still some surface rust showing before being treated. 1983 Ford Bronco - See that flaky looking rust along the edge? Well, the whole side of the tub was like that. In the process I buffed off the rust material, t… 1983 Ford Bronco - Driver's-side view of a white Bronco with the entire outer rear quarter panel cut off, leaving the black inner tub wall, surface rust along… 1983 Ford Bronco - Take note of the number of spot welds. 1983 Ford Bronco - New 1/4s from LMC Truck 1983 Ford Bronco - White foam padding or headliner material packed inside a large cardboard box sitting in the bed of a truck, with a car and a spare tire vis… 1983 Ford Bronco - Hanging in the shed ready for undercoat on the inside and primer on the outside. I did the same process on the inside of the new 1/4 panel… 1983 Ford Bronco - Inside of new 1/4 panels covered with undercoat and sealed to give the undercoat a harder surface. 1983 Ford Bronco - Slightly blurred shot of a gray molded plastic interior trim panel, a rear quarter or door panel with a large armrest cutout, a recessed sw… 1983 Ford Bronco - 1/4 panels primed 1983 Ford Bronco - New 1/4 set in place to see how it fits. 1983 Ford Bronco - Structural epoxy along the entire contact surface held in place using blind rivets. The epoxy has glass beads in it to give a consistent th… 1983 Ford Bronco - Rear cargo area of a stripped Bronco tub with the tailgate down, showing bare and stained sheet metal, a primered inner quarter with old cr… 1983 Ford Bronco - Looking down into the stripped rear cargo tub of an open-top Bronco, with bare and primered inner quarter panels, a patch of old peeling cr… 1983 Ford Bronco - Driver's-side rear three-quarter view of a topless full-size Bronco in uniform gray primer, with the replacement quarter panel hung and the… 1983 Ford Bronco - Side view of a topless Bronco with a freshly fitted rear quarter panel in gray primer, showing the open taillight cutout, empty wheel arch… 1983 Ford Bronco - I never liked the seam showing between the 1/4 panel and cab so I bent the flanges strait and overlaped them. 1983 Ford Bronco - Close side view of the B-pillar area on a topless white Bronco, showing the primered and blended panel joint behind the door with two small… 1983 Ford Bronco - Side view of the driver's door and new quarter panel on a topless white Bronco, focused on the door-to-quarter gap and the primered, filled… 1983 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the blocked-and-primered joint where a Bronco's rear quarter meets the door and cab, the filler sanded smooth and uniform light… 1983 Ford Bronco - New 1/4s, new front fenders, doors from a 92 F150. 1983 Ford Bronco - While I had the cap off, I sanded it and painted it Ford Shadow Grey. Also note the new stock twin pipe exhaust. As far as I'm concerned th…