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The rear panel is now all fully welded in and a coat of POR 15 applied for good measure. I’ve coated the inside of the top rails and a few inches of the diamond plate floor. It’s easier to do that now than try wire wheeling that area later as the rails overhang on the inside. I’ve also applied a coat to the side panels inside and out although they are new metal. I did put the cart before the horse when I applied some filler above the wheel wells but at the time, I wasn’t going to use POR there. Plans sometimes change so I opted to just coat up to the filler rather than sand it all back off. Either way, it will work out fine.

In a few days I’ll be welding in the top rails and begin the body work to smooth out the rear side panels. I want laser straight body panels so this part will take some time.

More to come…