worked on the car for the first time since my last update today. got the rear floor metal work done for the over axle exhaust. and also fixed a stripped out body mount nut. i'm not sure how much lead they used in these aftermarket floor pan nuts but 20ft. lbs is all it took to pull all the threads out.



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then i got the exhaust notches cut out

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i bent the notch covers out of 16g since thats what i have laying aournd.

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then they were welded and smoothed.

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over all i'm happy with them. its still going to be a pain running 3" exhaust because of the fuel cell but i'll cross that bridge later.

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i also got a new smaller MOMO steering wheel and put it on to check fit. the adapter doesn't fit very well so i'll have to turn it doen in the leathe.

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Nice progress.

Great work. Looks awesome.:thumbsup:

Very cool.:thumbsup:

thanks guys:thumbsup: . got some more rust patching done tonight and will finish the other side tomorrow. then i'll mod the new front inner fenders to clear the big tires.

got the driver and passenger inner quarter repaired over the last few days. haven't had much time to work on it this week but still feel pretty good about what i got done.

passenger side cancer and someones attempt to fix it.
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new panel in place ready to weld.
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welded in
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finished
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really old picture of the drivers side but you can see there wasn't much left.
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driver side mocked up
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ground and sanded
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and thats all for the rust in the back of the car. the only thing thats left on the rust repair dept. is lower windshied.

Nice metal work.

Nice job. Its nice that they make something you can get a piece off for that repair imagine trying to copy it by hand.

got my rear firewall figured out. been busy with things and haven't got to play with the car till tonight.



rear firewall mocked up

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this is my second time bead rolling so not bad but not great.

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then got it tack welded back in.

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what it looks like from the trunk side

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i think that looks great