Another good day on the lv, about 10.5 hours. Doesn't look like much in the pics, but back to slow body work, takes time.
Started off the morning, welding un-wanted holes on the firewall shut. Some of the holes, because of there size I had to cut plates to weld in. After everything was welded I ground down both sides. Probably overkill on the inside grinding it down, but just want it to look like they were never there after primer. A few of the holes will have to be ground down and cleaned up when it's off the rottiserri and back on the hoist since they were behind the front roto mount. It will be on the hoist for a few days anyway since there will be some body work to do and the firewall will have to be base/cleared before it goes back on ;p
I also had to weld the middle mounts solid on the bottom. They were tacked in when the body went back on a few months ago, had to weld them up when the body came back off again. Also cleaned up with the grinder around the tranny mount, since i had welded up that area a month ago and now I could get it at it well.
I had a couple touch up areas I had to weld up underneath the drip rail since a few didn't get fully welded shut when I put the roof back on. No big deal, only about a dozen. After that was done I smeared a skim coat of filler underneath the drip rail and started sanding. This might be bordering anal retentive now by doing this, since the factory spot welds underneath the drip rail were very apparent. But, I wanted it smooth, so I thought I would finish it off since it was easy to get at now.
Also skim coated the dash where I welded it up. I probably could have got that area cleaned up with a few coats of primer sanded out, but skim coat was quicker and I had it out.
Hopefully more sanding tomorrow and some seam sealing underneath this week, that should take a long time
Matt