Got the seat platforms welded in today. It went smoothly. I made sure to get the rocker panels VERY clean before welding this time. Consequently, welding went much better this time.
I was going back through
@Davedacarpainter 's cliff notes thread when he welded in Booger's floor pan. I've been doing pretty much everything he has, so that made me feel better about my abilities.
Prepped for welding.
And done.
I originally bought some TIG welding gloves, however, they just weren't up to the harsh working environment. I grabbed a set of new gloves from HF. I'm a master welder now.
After grinding down the welds, I wend ahead a wire wheeled the area where I patched the toe boards since some surface rust had developed in that area. Those welds are solid, but boy has my welding improved since then. I went over everything with primer and then some black paint to keep the rust at bay.
I also decided to not leave well enough alone and removed the lower cowl today. I was looking around under the dash and there is a lot of surface rust under there. So I decided to remove the lower for better access to remedy the under dash area as well as to address the rust I knew was between the lower cowl and the firewall.
The boy was helping me.
I actually got this removed by myself in under an hour. Everything is getting a lot easier. I'm very grateful for that. It's all the experience and advice I get here that makes it possible.
This area NEEDS to be media blasted. I'm going to clean up the upper and lower off the car and get a HF sand blaster to take care of this area properly. This can't wait until Arkansas since I'll need this area to be solid before moving the car again.
Turns out there was an area that has some rust through. This is nothing compared to other cars I've seen, of course. This will be simple to patch.
I'm not really too discouraged. Other than a couple small areas that are rusted through, the firewall area is in surprisingly good, if pitted, shape. On the plus side, I can do this now.