Well, I need to go visit my parts car this weekend and try to cut out the quarter and bring the hood home for another stanger and I was wondering if anyone can offer me some advice? Keep in mind it's a vert so it's a little easier than a hard top for sure.

For example, what's the best tool? A cutting wheel on the compressor or a sawzall or what? I can see spot welds around the door jams that need to be drilled and an obvious seam between the top and the trunk lid but what about where it meets the trunk? Should I always try to cut on seams? Any advice appreciated before I move on common sense alone.

 

Drill out all the spot welds you can find. Use a hammer chisel to break some of it free. Use the sawsall as the last resort.

 

I agree, drill out the weld. You may want to try a roto-zip tool. I imagine with the correct wheel, it would work pretty good. I have one of those larger hand held grinders that you can get real thin disks for. That would work too.

I picked up my car from the paint shop last week, and they had a 65 FB that had just come back from the media blaster. The right rear quarter had been replaced, and you can tell they used a sawzaw. It was very rough, and will require a patch panel for the top of the quarter. Besides the cut not being straight, it looked the the action from the tool warp the top of the fender (the attach point for the new quarter). The area where the quarter was cut from the roof pillar looked bad too. I would stay away from a sawzaw at all costs.

 

Ok, thanks guys for the info.