corner install on 69

[Indygenerallee]

I was wanting to know if anyone knew how the corners were installed from the factory?? were they welded to the quarter panel first? I thought I had heard once that was the way the factory installed them, I am getting ready to install my AMD quarters and I think I may install the corners on the quarters first, Just wondering if anyone has done this before?

[green69rt]

IF you look through CDR's post on his build you will find a single entry on what he did, very simple.  Here's a quote on a link to his thread..

"3rd is the lower 1/4 end caps,seems they dont fit,everyone slices them & adds metal at the cap to 1/4 seam,well my car was untouched in this area & what i found is,the factory welded the cap on the 1/4 before installing it,then hang the panel,then to get the cap fit correct they would twist the end of the rear cross member,right where the end cap welds on,most people have to replace this cross member & they are straight & their original was rusted & gone & did not know that the ends had been hit in or twisted from the factory on MOST cars .no slicing on mine,they fit great."

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,90903.475.html

Look on page 20 about 2/3 rds the way down.

[Indygenerallee]

Yeah, I knew that is what Charlie had done on his car, and I know a lot of people have trouble with those corners saying they don't fit just wondered if anyone else had tried it this way. I was wanting to do mine this way because I was going to install my full quarters and Dutchman panel without the trunk pan installed so I can weld the quarter/Dutchman/trunk hinge support all at once because if I have the trunk pan in that's gonna be dang near impossible.

[66FBCharger]

Seems like a great tip.

[Indygenerallee]

I messed with one corner for about 5 minutes and I got these results I am going to weld the corners to the quarters before I install them!!

IMAG2017 by

[url=https://flic.kr/p/phQS3M]IMAG2020 by

[url=https://flic.kr/p/phQRFp]IMAG2019 by

[Indygenerallee]

BTW, It's been about 3 years since I tore my Charger down, where in the heck does that little piece hanging off the corner go? I bent it down to the quarter and it did not look right!? Thought about cutting them off. 

[moparnation74]

BTW, It's been about 3 years since I tore my Charger down, where in the heck does that little piece hanging off the corner go? I bent it down to the quarter and it did not look right!? Thought about cutting them off. 

I did the 1/4's and caps the same way you mentioned on my silver 69'.  That tab is bent underneath and spot welded to the bottom of the rear crossmember behind the rear valence.  So there should be a small gap between the corner's tab edge and the edge of the rear valence to be correct.

[Patronus]

I ended up cutting those straps off. My thought was it was to position the piece in the stamping die..?