production purposes for the ease of welding the half's together more efficiently. They were crude as far as spot welding goes.

I would send it to Bondo Bob as a first option or just jig it up as you mentioned and have some one that knows how to either Tig or Mig weld the half's together. If I were to be going at it alone, I would do quarter parts at a time while being sandwiched on the jig as to keep it all straight as the factory intended it to be.

My K is bone stock with the exception of the motor mount islands cut and ground off because I am using a front plate. I never ventured into the other lightening effects for lack of time and interest thinking that I would eventually get a factory light weight K and now have seen the reality of that attempt.