There is the rust holes, and Oh yeah,, I didn't order that patch pannel.. Doh.

most of the bad sheet metal here is now removed

Back to the A pillar. I will need to remove part the lower kick panel it seems, to aid in putting everything back together. It's just to tight to line everthing back up and get it to fit rite.

this was a surprise too. the lower door hinge with 40 years of operation has a bunch of cracks. Well, rather than cut it out and hope my holes are close, I drilled holes at the end of the cracks to stop them and I will weld that up later.

I decided that rather than order up another patch pannel I overlooked, I would give it a go on making my own.