Moving forward...figuratively & literally...
Now that the door pillar has been r-established it's time to repair the passenger side heater panel & rear inner fender. First cut away the rot until we get to solid metal
Because of the sixe & complexity of the repair, I decided to make the patch in two pieces. I make a template of the first piece...
...transfer it to a piece of sheet metal & cut it out.
After a test fit & adjustment...
...it,s welded in place...
...and ground
Next I begin to make the template for the inner fender repair. The template is more complex because of the radius and number of bends to make sure it conforms to the contour of the fender line. It is built using several pieces of paper taped togther as necessary. A find it's quicker to make up the pattern and transfer it than monkeying around with trying to fit a piece of metal.
After the template has been transferred, cut out and has been roughly formed, it is test fit and any adjustments made.
Next it's welded in place.
...and ground smooth
Here is the reconstructed inner fender and heater channel ready for finish grinding & primer
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