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Anyone ever welded on a rear valance?

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Why is this a bolted on piece? Is there something you need to access back there? I'm sure I am missing something, but why not just not spot (plug) weld it to the tail light panel and down the 2 seams where it hits the rear quarters? never liked those seams anyways, they never seem to fit right, just weld/grind and make it seamless...
 
Seen it done on a lot of resto mods. There is no real reason it cant be, can access everything with it on. I think its a removable piece because its an easily damaged part and welding it on would make more expensive repairs. Most of the ones I've seen welded look pretty sweet.
 
IF you have a fuel cell and IF you install all the bolts, it would be dang near impossible to get to the bolts along the back side (closest to the filler neck) unless you either remove the rear valance or reverse the bolts so the nut is on the topside.
 
The rear valance seems to get damaged a lot , if it is welded on it will cost a lot more to fix. I have done them both ways also. I bolt the valance on and give the qtr and valance a skim coat of filler to even everything out. Rich.
 
I first saw this done on the Mustang Mystique on a DVD of Chop CUt Rebuild, brought to you by ThrottleTV.com. They took a IIRC '68 Dynacore body and put only the best new stuff into the project, plus was a good history lesson on the evolution of the Mustang! Of course I saw this after I had bolted on my valance! looks really great!
 
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