I have a '67 concours and want to remove the side moldings. What is the best way to fill the holes? I dont weld and have been told you can warp the panels if you dont know what you are doing. Is there another way, pop rivets, filler, something I can do myself that would be as good?

Really no other way. Filler falls out and the other methods still require filler around something that could move (rivet, screw etc) and it WILL crack. Get someone to stop by and weld them up right for you, its the only way.

I filled my trim holes in with my mig welder. No warping occurred and this is coming from a newbie at welding. In fact it was my first welding project on my car (after a few practice rounds on an old fender)

Looks like I find myself a welder. Thanks for your help!

I took some small 1.5" squares and use some panel adhesive and glued them to the back side of the door panel from the inside. Then filled the holes with plastic. Course the two holes on the outside edges of the doors had to be welded because they are visible with the doors open. The fenders and quarters had already been replaced so they didn't have any holes in them.

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Rick

I wouldn't do this today but when I was in high school many moons ago, I patched molding holes on my '56 Chevy hood and trunk lid with bondo. But first I cleaned an area on the backside down to bare metal and chamfered the hole toward the outside. Then used about a 1" square of plastic screen on the backside with good glob of bondo. Finished the front side flush. It held til after I sold the car a couple years later. Probably just a good example of what NOT to do. Flywheel's method sounds like a good modern day alternative to welding.

Welding ( mig with gas) is the only way to prevent it from coming back and haunting you in the future..
Find. rent. barrow o0r buy a meg welder.. Get your self a peice of copper 3/4" tubing and smash it flat.. Use it as a backer behind the open hole, then when you start your weld it holds the molten puddle in the trim hole.
If this is youre frist time . practice on some 3/8 in driled holes .. Hopefully the doors and fenders are off. It's easer to weld Flat then vertially on the side of the car..
save the 1/4's for last.. IMO...

GL

I welded mine up on the front fenders. If you do it on the car, start at the top of the hole, and let gravity do its thing with the puddle,it should fill the hole nicely. I am a newbie to welding also, it wasn't that hard.

Kevin