Trunk gutter Dutchman panel

[Xghobo]

Does anyone have a picture of this area without a weatherstripping attached? Car is a 71 barracuda Vert. Maybe @anlauto  knows? I am not real happy with how this looks so before I go further I would like to address.

Thanks everyone

[anlauto]

What exactly is your concern with it ?

[Xghobo]

I guess my question is how large of a gap is supposed to be in the top corners of the trunk gutter and Dutchman as it seems there was some rot there and I was going to build it up with weld n grind it to form.

[jimynick]

It may be just the photo, but it appears that the upper and lower sections of the gutters aren't clamped up tight together. If you own some C-type vicegrips you should be good to go there. You MAY have to hammer form the lips to get a happy-to-you fit, but that's no big deal either. You've got this. 

[70 Challenger Lover]

Is this helpful? I'm working on rebuilding the entire back end of my car now. Most of the fitting is done. Not sure how a pro would approach this but I welded in the Dutchman first and the new quarters index off of that. My quarters already had the trunk gutters attached.

[Flatdad]

I'd suggest checking how the rear window & trunk lid fits the car to verify if the position of the dutchman panel is correct.

[Xghobo]

Thank you @70challengerlover this is just what I was looking for