Pretty good night on the lpb, about 2.5 hours. I'll let the pics do most of the talking since I took a lot.
First I made brace's on each side from the B pillar to the A pillar. Bolted a 1/8" plate where the striker goes and the hinge stop goes. I then welded a piece of 3/4" sqare stock between them on both sides. I'm going to be getting a little aggresive around the rockers and A pillar, so just making sure nothing moves.
Since I haven't done much metal work in about a year I thought I would warm up on an easy spot. Little rust spot, dead center on the bottom of the rear of the cab. Cut it out, welded back in.....done.
Then I just moved to the closest thing, left rear quarter panel. Marked off what I wanted out with the sharpie, gone. I took the scrap piece and flattened it out to make the exact same length of piece. Cut it in the shear and broke 2 sides of it at 90. Then sliced the 1 side every 1/2" so I could make the bend. Pics should say it all.....I think it turned out absolutley awesome, it is amazingly straight on the outside. Should take a few coats of ureathane primer, but that should be all I need to sand out.
Pulled a floor support where it had rotted through, but it was getting late. So marked off what I'm going to cut out, which isn't much, and start again tomorrow night.
Hoping to get that floor piece done and then I'm planning on moving into the left A pillar/floor area. Bad spot and just want to tackle it and get it taken care of.
Matt
