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Some before and after shots of the roof and hood, the hood still needs waxing getting there slowly. Jay

After buying seam sealer and undercoating to finish the job a spot just below the firewall insulator looked suspect so the tools came out and a piece 3 inches by 8 inches was welded in. I didn't grind any welds smooth as they were solid and looked good enough to me with a little dressing. Now the interior gets a good cleaning and put back together. Jay

The body mount is only 1/8" and not 3/16" as I posted yesterday and the piece used for the floor measured .072". I got a good weld along the pinch weld just in front of the door and tied as much surrounding metal as possible into the body support Not exactly factory but strong.

Some rust repair was necessary and I needed to see, a four foot florescent light suspended on ropes works well. Seeing is not a problem, here is what needs fixin. The new mount is welded in but the bottom of the new mount is made from one piece of 3/16" steel verses the original which appeared to be two pieces of thinner stock. Had to rush home so no photos of what got done yesterday but it was a good day of progress. I wasn't sure what i was going to use to replace the mount but there is quite a pile of cut-offs that are kept for these problems. A short piece of 2" X 4" steel tube cut up provided the uprights for the mount. The rounded corners of the tubing closely match the radius of the original mount. Jay