bought this wide body but the previous owner cut off the hatch. Can that part be fixed or im i wasting $ on this .

 

I hope you punched that guy in the gooch as hard as you could after you handed him the $$$. Those tailpipes are an affront to the brand, and cutting off the back hatch area was a stroke of idiocy. Unless he actually had a stroke...?

Regardless, you could find someone who's good at body work to rebuild it, but it's going to cost you some $$$ and you better find someone who knows what they're doing. If the rest of the car is as badly maintained, it may not be worth chasing that dream.

 

It might be easier and cheaper to find another body and transfer the front fenders (bolt-on) and then cut out the rear wide body fenders and apply them to the new body. It will cost more to fix the current body to the factory hatch.

 

i have another body a GSLSE , Im going to check both options either fixing widebody or transfering parts to GSLSE

 

yeah bro i wanted to punch him so bad he knew i was pissed , He sold me the car for a extremely low price

 

wtf was the PO trying to do? install a vertical rear glass like in a pick up?

 

I work at a body shop,i wouldn't even bother to try and fix that,it will cost more just for the parts if you can even find them than what it will be worth.i would just take everything off of it and then scrap it

 

easiest fix would be to find a good roof

 

he wanted to install c3 corvette hatch SMH

 

i have another GSLSE Roller in the garage with a good roof and hatch for parts

 

i have a REW engine another idea was to make it a drag car only with lexan in the hatch area

 

You would cut up an SE for parts? For that?

 

Anything can be fixed with time and patients. I know this isn't a 7 but I did this to my Plymouth Belvedere 2 I bought out of a junkyard. The roof that was on the car had a vinyl top at one point. It was so rusted out and the drip rail was completely rusted off I decided to get a donor roof and take the entire thing off and replace it with a hard top roof. Probably wouldnt have went to this extent but it was a numbers matching 383 Big block car. I know i'll catch some grief from body guys but I did this by myself after watching lots of videos about drilling out the factory spot welds. I did it the same way they do on numerous shows like Graveyard cars...

 

i have 2 GSLSE one for parts and my daily driver

 

thanks for info, nice car

 

I would cut up that car for parts for the se,but that's just my opinion

 

I traded the plymouth like a moron for a Superbeetle.. Cool looking bug though. But If the body parts come off the chopped up one pretty easy its a no brainer to put them on a different body.

 

any tips on how to remove the rear fenders, spoiler and side skirts?

 

Very carefully grind the paint where it looks like there is a seam until you can see the whole outline of the parts and get some sort of idea how it was attached,could be screwed,riveted,glued on,it depends on how it was attached in the first place. If it was glued,you can go over the edges of the panels with a small propane torch,or heat gun,being careful not to stay in one spot.the heat let's the glue release enough to get a scraper behind the panel. Once you get the scraper behind it,continue heating it and put slight pressure on it with the scraper or your hand and it should come off

 

I would probably look for an IN spot around where he butchered the rear glass. There is no way he sealed that up nicely. Look all around that area and the lower part that goes under the car. Few people with crackhead skills are willing to go under the car to make it pretty. There will more than likely be a place under the car where you can get in and start separating it.

 

This leads to an observation with wide body panels. I really like the look and function of not bonding the panels but instead use fasteners such as nutserts ot the like. I like the idea of being able to take a panel off if needed.

 

That's how I have mine installed. Never undertook idea of bonding them, especially race cars.

 

Yea he exhaust may be horrid but it sounds like a fun project none-the-less. If you got the car cheap enough and transfer the parts I think you did the right thing personally!

I get why people bondo and seam seal aftermarket body parts but I always personally preferred the raw look of rivets and/or hardware. Keep us posted this should turn out to be a cool thread!

 

Yup. It works well, too.




Mine are nutserts with titanium hardware and anti vibration isolation. Same as a stunt plane

 

from what i noticed the kit was installed in the 80s it has fiberglass . (license plate expiration 1992). And them sold the car to the person i bought it and he cut the latch trying to install a corvette rear glass SMH . The exhaust is hanging but it looks like a aftermarket true dual exhaust kit for that car .