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Old 04-02-2014, 03:37 PM
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I installed the new rocker channel and repaired the pillar.



Here you can see where someone attempted to repair the old rocker channel by splicing in a decent rear section from another car.





The hinge pillars are not reproduced. Fortunately, I put an ad out for a pillar and found one that would work. The one I found was rotten at the top, but solid at the bottom. Mine is solid at the top and rotten at the bottom, so I removed the metal I needed from the other pillar and spliced it into the one original to the car. After much thought, I decided it would be best to overlap the metal for strength.

My welds are not the prettiest, but it will look nice once they are smoothed out.





http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse1a7116a.jpg



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