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Rockers and Floors |
Here are some shots of the outer rocker removed. There is a considerable amount of stucture behind the outer rocker which is not called out in any assembly manuals. Along with the "mystery piece" there is an additional (what I'm calling) rocker reinforcment piece which runs about halfway up the length of the outer rocker all the way back to the wheelhouse. It doens't directly connect to the wheelhouse however. See below |
At this point, I'm pretty happy with the fit of the new piece, there is a couple of spots that I need to work on, but nothing to major. The next steps are to get the outer rocker fitted into place along with the new dogleg of the quarter panel. Although I won't be welding the dogleg in quite yet, I need to make sure everything is where I want it before I start making the welds "permanent". Somewhere in there I'm going to be checking door gaps as well. |
There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes since my last posting. Mostly prep work to get ready to start welding in the rockers. |
Getting ready to cut a perfectly good replacement panel.... Measure twice, cut once. |
Patch panel temporarily in place. I'm using Clecos to hold the panel in place |
Wider shot of the work being done. Outer rocker panel temporarily in place. Looks pretty good huh? |
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