Grind...Cut...Weld...Hammer....repeat.

Well what can I say, its been awhile since I have updated this blog! I am sure you guys are just chomping at the bit to see what I have been up to. I have been busy taking out the old floor and prepping it for the new one to go in. This requires a lot of grinding with a air cutoff tool and a grinding disk, the object is to grind out the weld and leave a backing on the inner panel to weld to. Also what I did was take a scribe and mark around the old panels that way when I put the new ones in I have a reference line. Some people use spot weld cutters but they don't work well, especially with the kind of hit and miss spot welding they did in the 60's. Once I removed the floor I have to start thinking about the floor to firewall extensions and the cowl side panels, and also the frame extensions because they are all tied together. I put the floor in temporarily but ended up removing it again for ease of dash and side cowl replacement. The frame extension on the drivers side had a lot of rust under it into the frame so I have to fabricate a plate to fix that, shouldn't be a big deal because is is basically just a flat piece of steel. There is also damage on the firewall and on the rear floor where the shocks mount on top that I will be fixing soon. The pinch weld on the rocker panels is really smashed up from jacks hitting it and whatever else so I am straightening that out also.