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Getting quite excited at this point! Serious bodywork now underway. Overall it was in pretty good condition with minimal apparent rust, but just to illustrate how little corrosion it takes to effect the structure in a full convertable, this location of rust in the footwells on both sides (standard location really in these things it seems), was sufficient that over 40 years, the angle of the windshield had changed slightly and the top was about 1/2" further back / down then it should have been. Support and structure welded in place and its back where it should be on both sides.