Tonight after my real job, I crawled under the car and ground, and then sanded the rosettes. Not necessarily fun, but had to be done. After grinding and sanding the welds and rosettes on the brace / drain box, I shot a little be of rattle can primer on the bare metal to prevent rusting. I am really glad this is done. This corner is now as solid as the other side after I fixed it. It is a good feeling to know these corners probably haven't been this solid for 67 years.
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The tabs from the floor and the floor brace were welded to the body mount just like the originals were.
The front of the floor was also pushed over to the body mount and welded in place.
I did cut out some rust out and PO repair from the bottom of the cowl. I hope to have it cleaned up, painted, and assembled next week.
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The rosettes from the wheel house side are all in and ground flush. DONE!
The quarter repair is welded in. Some hammer and dolly work still need to be done. And the tack strip channel and the inner part of the B pillar need to be completed.
The long seam in the floor is complete from the back to where the new floor pan will attach. Some of the weld and some of the rosettes have been ground flush. There are still way too many left. Cutting out the floor pan and replacing it will hopefully be done within a week.
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Went to the Creek County swap meet this morning. No fender. No hood. Still looking. But I did buy a 24R Vise Grip and a finned aluminum oil pan. Saw lots of neat stuff. No photos.
This afternoon, I welded the drain box / brace in. I am not a fan of lying on the creeper and welding overhead. But it had to be done.
The rosettes on the top flange went in from the top side. I still have to grind them flush.
The photo from underneath shows the penetration of those top side rosettes. The lower flange rosettes were put in from underneath.
At the very rear, the brace has to be lap welded to the floor and the wheel house bottom. You can also see the penetration from the rosette which was put in from the wheel house side.
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Now that the days are getting warmer and longer, I can get more done in the evenings.
Tonight, all of the holes for the rosettes on the brace / drain box were put in. Weld through primer in the contact/weld areas and POR-15 on the enclosed surfaces.
The rosettes fixing the rocker box floor sections to the floor channels were put in. The long seam weld also received skip welds. It is not done yet, but getting there.
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