Sorry for being a little lax on the updates lately. I condensed the pictures and the work I've performed as much as I can for this post.
I've set the window mock up as a mirror image for the driver's side.
The driver's side roof rail fabricated and in position. As I mentioned, I had to fabricate it twice since I built the first one with a twist and warp into it that I couldn't fix.
Both roof rails set into position.
The quarter glass structure fabricated and finished as well.
Here I'm roughly setting the rear window opening into position to check how much I need to widen it.
Here I've widened the rear window opening 3 1/8".
Here you can see the original trunk opening location and how much I moved the rear window in relation to the quarter panels.
Cutting away the original trunk opening.
This shows the original outer skin, an inner structure for the jamb and the weather strip edge.
Here I'm fabricating the inner structure edge for the jamb.
Here I've fabricated the outer skin as well as the trunk jamb
I've plug welded the inner structure to the outer skin
I then TIG welded the assembly into position.
Initial grind, planishing and metal work completed
Here you can see how much the rear window was moved forward compared to the decklid.
Completing the same work for the passenger side.
Passenger side clamped into position ready to weld.
Passenger side welded into position and roughly metal finished.
Both sides complete.
One last view straight from the rear.