1966 Barracuda Driver's Side Rear Quarter and Fender Bodywork

(Work actually done 2/27/2019) Time to start work on the rear quarters. Oh, joy. Bodywork is not my forte. But I figure that someone with an old car needs to put in the time to fix up things if they can. Sure I could hire it out but that's not my style if I can do the work myself. And my brother recently told me that when he had the car, he took it to a local well-known body shop (John's Auto Body in Poulsbo) to ask what they would charge to do body and paint. The guy looked the car over and said, "Tell you what, bring me $10,000 and I'll let you know when I need more."

On that note, here's the better of the two rear quarters that needs fixing:

In addition to the area behind the wheel shown above, there were also a couple of spots over the wheel arch that needed work. Time to dive in.

This was my first attempt at making a body panel patch. It was a lot of work getting all the angles and bends hammered out using only a hammer and various pieces of wood and the vise.

Below are a couple of photos of two areas on the fender lip that needed patches.

The finished product.