New project! The "Red Herring"

[JJorgensen52]

Hey folks! I'm back

Tonight I decided to change gears from wiring (mostly because I lent out a few wiring tools before I left on holiday travel, which aren't coming back until tomorrow) back to body work, and tackle one of the repairs that has been intimidating me since the beginning:


I'm convinced this truck got smacked pretty hard on the roof at one point, but the driver's rear inner panel was cut, bent, and pulled away from the center panel around the rear window - which tore the spot welds between the panels.

I was able to get the two sections of the panel to line up, and it didn't take *too* much pushing to get the edge to line back up with the center panel:


Since I didn't want to remove the entire inner panel, I surface welded the two sections together - this seam will be hidden under the edge of the headliner when all is said and done:


And here's the cut in the panel, cleaned up. I still have a little hammer&dolly to do, and this is largely going to be hidden by the seatbelt so I'm reasonably satisfied with the fit.


I need to straighten up the edge a bit, and drill new holes for spot welds so I can get it anchored to the door frame again, then I can install the new windlace gasket channel. Good to be back in the shop again!