Time flies by before you know it, where did it go and what was accomplished.
It’s been a few weeks since my last update to the build, not a lot new to show just working on the passenger side floor and rocker.
The passenger side is coming along with the floor extension and floor supports Fwd and AFT welded in. Forward kick panel and AFT pillar lower panel plus the rear corner panel welded in. Very similar to the drivers side installation shown in previous posts. From what was learned from the driver’s side repair the passenger side is going smoother but does have its own problems.
One of the problems that cropping its ugly head is that the door to rear pillar skin fair is a lot worse than the driver’s side. Where the gap is good and the body lines line up good the contour fair (step between the door and cab skin) is all over the place inboard in some places and outboard in others, no apparent adjustment to bring it down to one area on the line to work on. Will be looking around to see if anybody has had this problem and how they dealt with it.
The splitting of the rocker to get it to fit right as done on the drivers side is starting to look like it will be needed to be done on this side too.
It just didn’t feel right to post a progress report without a picture (smile). Nothing that hasn’t been seen on the drivers side but there is progress.
I always try to keep the attitude that there’s nothing that can’t be overcome and made good. But some times I just have to live with the imperfections and this build is no exception. Will be posting some pictures of the misfair problem in the future and what I’m doing to correct it and what Ill just be living with. Overcoming some of the problems with a build makes me feel very good and self pride can be at a high level. Enjoy your build