I have cracks at the top of both rear quater panels where they meet the roof. I am sure this is from the 33 years of being run hard. The car was a 1/4 miler when I got it. Is this common and do I need to look for other problems?
Paint is not origional (6yrs. old) I dont know about the 1/4 panels
Thanks

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[This message has been edited by texas'69 (edited 06-12-2002).]

If the paint is not original, most likely the bodywork is not either. You could have many issues under there. Ranging from bad filler to bad panels.. it would be nearly impossible to say without getting in there and looking around!

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I have seen Camaros that have the cracking you mentioned,but on them this is caused by body flex.On a full frame car you should not see this if the quarters were welded in properly.On one car i had the same problem on,I found pop rivits under the bondo .

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I had an 81 Camaro that was doing the same thing. When I looked around the trunk and behind the tail lights I could see that a quarter panel had been replaced. I sold the car so I never found out what was wrong. My guess is that it wasn't welded right. Maybe the same thing on your car. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/frown.gif

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I'd say a bad weld, I have this on my El Camino in the bed area. It got hit hard on the LH side in the early 80s and the quarter was replaced, and the bed metal was put back into shape and welded (right above the wheelhump in the bed area). I fill it and it still cracks. A new weld should solve it but I don't know how you make something like that stronger, a weld is just a weld.

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