Modern Rodding

Replacing Rusted-Out Quarter-Panels

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Metalwork is one of, if not, the most demanding projects any of us can undertake when working on our hot rod project. It can start out as a sheetmetal repair, patch panel replacement, right on up to rear quarter-panel replacement, which is one of the more ambitious projects to undertake.

On a recent visit to The Installation Center, we checked in with Craig Hopkins as he and Wesley Kennedy were about to undertake a massive sheetmetal project on a 1969 Ford Torino Sportsroof (fastback). In fact, this particular project was on a highly desirable Torino

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