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Finished dissecting the remaining bits where the package tray/firewall was welded in on Thur last week.
Also finished inner structure repairs to rear apron, cracks and a couple small patches.
Couple drivers side heater channel/rocker repairs handled Friday night. Side and bottom area.
End of channel front of rear wheel well area, two layers deep.
Inner section done.
Outer section to close it up.
Dan called us out on the late model package tray/firewall we ordered. He asked to find a correct donor, man of principal!
Found one in the car Dan used for the ragtop section we grafted into his oval window.
Removed from donor car and bits dissected yesterday.
Just finished sand blasting donor section until I ran out of sand. Not completely cleaned up but good enough for install. Will finish blasting when metal repairs on the shell are completed.
We will build it if it comes.
Fabed patch panels last night for the lower front corner areas on both pass and drivers side of the parcel tray where it had some rust.
Patched up and ready to be welded back in.
We will build it if it comes.
Thank you everybody for the kind words!
Pat is it just me or have your metalworking/fabrication skillz just gone WILD lately?
I turn 43 this month, like fine wine Willy, I’m getting better with age I guess.
Burned in the package tray/firewall and dressed all of the welds last night.
Moved onto the drivers side lower a-pillar and heater channel repairs.
Braced the a-pillar and started cutting out the junk. Going to put in a new lower a-pillar section.
We will build it if it comes.
Knocked out a large chunk of the driver side a-pillar repairs last night.
Auto-craft a-pillar section from Wolfsburg West fit really nice, only needed to move a portion of of one flange a bit.
Had to fabricate a couple of small sections for the heater channel and fender well repair.
Only a small section of the lower front quarter and some misc. pin holes to go in this area.
We will build it if it comes.
Finished up driver side a pillar/fender well/quarter panel repairs.
Moved onto pass side rocker repairs next. Small section with a running board mount nut was first.
Cut out all the smashed and rusted junk from the b-pillar to the end of the rocker. Treated everything with rust fix. I’ll start fab’n repair sections next.
Also sectioned the rear seatbelt mount reinforcement from the old package tray and welded it into the new one.
We will build it if it comes.
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