other side went too

I used the 4 door cowl as it was already separated, so I could paint inside it...figured it wouldn't hurt to lay some paint in there...I blasted the cap and the hats on the lower so no surface rust or scale

lower was rock solid no pinholes or anything

clamped up ready to weld

oops wrong pic...welded up and the welds all ground down, ready for some high zinc primer...according to the guy at napa said this is the best stuff for an area like this...primed

I used 3m weld thru 2 on the seams then taped them, shot the primer and then I got a rattle can of a color close to the orig UU1 they couldnt interchange my paint code at napa, and their tech line was closed today...so I found a chip that was pretty darn close...its under the cowl anyway

nice to see some new color on this thing...makes you feel like ya actually made some progress...painted the bottom of the cap also...

I did the top hats in rustoleum also just an added measure noone will ever see...got the cap on and clamped down

all welded up...need to dress the welds, but ive had enough for one day...there is alot of welds holding that thing on... up next is the floors...after i finish the welds in the engine comp and cowl...nice not to have that gaping hole anymore

onto the floors...the first chunk removed

the front pinchwelds drilled out

whats left of the rear foot wells removed...the floors were toasted

I was told it has solid floors... not so much...the carnage, oh the humanity

however christmas came late...after the floorpan time to spin this jewel around and start on the back end!

I wish AMD was around when I put my vert together...i scrounged the world for parts for that car...ended up drillin apart a real clean 4 door 68 satellite, that car gave alot to my vert, but stuff just wasnt around and if it was it was very expensive for junk. I saw a pair of 69 plym vert quarters that needed the bottom and he wanted 1250 for the pair then you had to skin them. I made due with what I had and the 4 door may have given up its trunk channels, and in front of the boot well may have come off a hardtop...did what I had to do yano?

now back to the regularly scheduled rot box...floor mounting area cleaned prepped, and I painted inside the t bar x member and frame rails...look like i missed a spot tho oh well, not like it will ever see rain snow or daily use ever again

the donor floor panel ready to rock

it was a tight fit going in, a second person would have been super helpful...