1975 Firebird Formula

[AngryBird75]

To prep the new area I used wax and grease remover and applied ospho to treat rust. Then I cleaned everything up including in the rails, applied epoxy and weld thru primer on the areas I would be welding.






I started with the rear panel. I watched a lot of videos to learn best methods. I drew inspiration from Carthage Classic Cars, Vinyl Village Garage, Fitzie, and my friend Pete! After a lot of fitting and tweaking I had a pan that could install well. My plan was to cut and butt the pan in with the old one. One thing I screwed up when I started was my cut off wheel thickness could have been thinner. It created a big gap in one section and I had to weld it up which was a pain for a rookie. Anyway it came out solid but I had to do a lot of belt sanding to make it respectable.

Another consideration I had is I wasn’t too hung up on making the welds blend in on the inside. Given it will be covered by sound barrier and carpet I was fine leaving the welds a little proud for additional strength.