You are correct and good observation. The the sheet metal will very slightly 'fall' away a couple of inches from the door gap to the rear of the car.This will develop through the metal finishing process
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This probably explains it better than words.
I took these this morning of a 1989 930 in all original paint.
This is typical of the cars I have observed.
Alignment aside, the door surface is convex and falls away more sharply towards its extremities.
Front fenders I have looked at also fall away towards the door gap.
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So i began to the Tig weld the upper section and after 2 small runs,i felt the original body material just didn't seem quite thick enough and would cause problems down the road.So i was left with no other option than cutting more material out,which sucks as i like to keep as much of the original material as possible.
Area cut out and new material formed on the Power Hammer
work in progress...
work in progress.Metal finishing continues checking with high lighting fluid as i go.
Back end of the left hand rear quarter.Had been repaired by the previous restoration company badly.The gap between the rear quarter and the bumper top tapered from the correct sized gap to nothing.
Connor Drost,our apprentice ,is taking care of making the panel,with the aid of templates taken from the opposite side.
What you forget to mention, is that while TIG can be controled much more "finelly' the skills required to perform such welds, especially on thin gauge material are of different level also!
Just curious, what Amps setting do you use on body pannels like the fender?
Olivier.