[theastronaut]

Started digging into the driver side lower cowl, rocker area, and lower quarter panel. It was tough to find the rocker seams in the door jamb since they were butt-welded from the factory. I took everything apart the way it was assembled so I could use the original parts for templates. I'll leave the other side together for reference until the driver side is back together.


The cowl was pretty rough, had stress cracks all over it plus rust at the bottom. Cut it out to get to the inner layers.









Made a paper template before cutting it out.





Inner door post.





Inner panel rust.







Starting on the rockers. Tons of lead and filler.










Trying to find the rear rocker and quarter panel seam.