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Cargo floor is welded in. Still some welding around the heater tubes to finish off but I am happy it's in. Used a tip from a mates build thread of drilling into the i beams to get the weld to penetrate slightly better. Plently of drilling, plenty of welding and grinding...

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Drivers side seat rail was rusted out underneath. I had bought some seat rails which came with the wheel tub sheet metal still attached. At first i thought this was going to be a straight forward, mark it out, cut it and weld it in. But closer inspection showed rust between the rail and wheel tub on the donor metal.

Lucky I had the sheet metal from the passenger side donor as well. Although it was a mirror image I was able to section it and weld it back in bit by bit.

All ground back and ready to sort out installing the seat rail...

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Seat rail repair is pretty much finished. Still some grinding to do but its solid again.

Sandblasted the rail and had to make new plates that mount between the rail and wheel arch. Fiddly job getting them lined up but happy with the result. I will post a final pic once its in primer.

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Front panel is off. Stripping and sandblasting paint on the bulkhead, wheel tubs, front floor, dash and inner front structure. This is the last of the sandblasting that will be done in the shed. Had a massive clean up in the shed which was refreshing.

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Wanted to get the steering box raise done ready for the inner front valance to be put in place. I decided to fabricate a new box section instead of the usual cut and shift. I had two sections of 2.2mm steel folded up and got to work with the raise. I had originally purchased a wagenswest raise kit and I used the template to trace the angle that the box needed to follow as it went up and back. Original crush tube used for the clutch pedal pivot. All welded together and ready to install.

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Trail fitting the lower valance which was modified to suit the steering box raise. Reused the wiring hole from the original bracket that was cut out.




Left side A pillar welded in and ground back..





Stripped all the green paint off the lower inner valance...




Right hand side A pillar welded in place...



Plug weld holes drilled and valance installed...

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Passenger side dog leg time. This KF dog leg required some extra attention on the inner and outer. This definitely wasn't my favourite part of the build and still have the right side ahead of me.

Trial fit...


Green paint removed...


drilled and dimpled as per the original dogleg. Also did the top one but didn't get a pic..



Modified the inner as the shape was way off...

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Left side front floor repair…

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Drivers side dog leg. This dog leg was way out of shape and did not even come close to matching the curve of the door gap. Cut through both of the curves, repositioned and rewelded. Very time consuming but happy with the final result. Still a tiny bit of welding and grinding to be finished off.

Small repair to the edge before installing the dog leg...

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Repaired the bottom edge of the wheel tub and got the drivers side front floor welded in.