F10 body panels

[Tommy Dat]

Good evening All,

 

I am stripping this F10 for all it's worth but cannot figure out how to remove the rear panel skins without just cutting the body into pieces.  Has anyone ever removed just the skins from the frame?

 

thanks

 

[datzenmike]

Well this is the thing, there is no frame on a monocoque chassis. All body parts provide support and stiffness for everything even the glass, specially the glass. Everything other than front fenders, doors and hood are spot welded together for rigidity. A lot of welds.

 

If you are thinking of selling them I'll tell you that there isn't much of an F10 market.

[Tommy Dat]

thanks,  I am just using this as a donor.  I am building a '77 and needed some parts.  I know how hard it is to find parts for these so I was hoping to be able to separate the rear body metal.  With my luck,  the moment I send this to the scrapper I will have a rear fender bender and need the metal..... lol

[datzenmike]

I hear that. Maybe wrap in a tarp and put behind the barn.

[Ranman72]

buy a spot weld drill and drill out the spot welds wherever you can find them 

they are put together with spot welds and seam sealer 

it is a slow process

otherwise pick the most important parts and Sawzall them off