Yesterday, Paxton and I spent several hours aligning the driver's side door and wheel house area that had previously sustained some collision damage. It only took a couple of hours to straighten the door frame. The previous repairs had been not been done correctly. Now the door frame and wheel house are "Paxton perfect".
I fabricated the patch panels to replace the damaged metal that was removed.
There was also a bit of rust damage in the wheelhouse. You will notice, in the first photo, the new metal that was welded in place.
After the repairs to the wheel house and door sill were made, I fabricated another patch panel to "box in" the sill frame and applied primer to the inside of box frame. This new panel will be welded in place tomorrow. A new latch panel support has been fabricated and will be welded in place directly over the box frame panel. The repair will be better that original.
After the latch panel support is permanently attached, the new latch panel and rocker will be properly located and welded in place. This will complete the repairs to the driver's side.
More to come....
Tom McCurry
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