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General Update: There's Been Some Progress

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  Driver's side floor pan rough cutout Hi Readers,      I've made some headway on the car and as such, I've generated a backlog of photo documentation so consider these general update posts as the Coles Notes version of what's been happening.   I fabricated the spacer panels for the rear left and right quarter panels and removed the original rusted out panels.  After some reflection, I discovered that I can't install the new panels just yet due to some adjacent panels which need patching first.  The car is assembled in such a way that the panels lap one another which makes it tricky to work only on one small area at a time.   I've found that I will need to repair the rust on the inner wheel arches prior to installing the new spacers, and additionally, I will need to repair the rocker panel in order to fully address the rust in the wheel arch, and prior to repairing the rocker panel I will need to repair the floor panel...etc.  ...