I'm almost working too fast on this thing to have time to post....
Paint is gone from the rear quarter, and both passenger side doors... nice metal under there, with the usual concealed body damage, a few pinholes of rust, no biggee...
Pulled the outer handles (held my breath a little on the rear one... the inner door is pretty rusty on that one, as is all the hardware, but it made it off fine.) The inner surface will get a coating of POR15 before I re-install the door components.
I managed to get the siezed rusted regulator out along with the window. I got it freed up and rolling up and down beautifully.
Finally figured out why I couldn't pull the quarter completely out. I have been staring at it for days, but didn't realize till last night that a section of metal in the door jamb above the impact spot (which on the driver's side leans slightly outward toward the rear) is actually pushed in just slightly. That's my difference... 1/8" in vs 1/16" out is basically the difference between the quarter and door line. Today during lunch I cut a relief line into the panel so that I can use my stud gun again to pull the quarter out the rest of the way. The close proximity of the new job affords me an extra 35-45 minutes of work each day this way. I like being so close to home now.
