When does money outweigh sentimental value? 1968 notchback build thread

Next I needed to mount my coil. I had been putting it off because I had no good location to mount it. I ended up choosing the firewall, between the heater core and wiper motor. But the coil base didn't fit the location. So this is the starting point.

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Decided I needed to knock off about 5/8 on each side.
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Drill the holes all the way through the base.
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Round off the corners and touch up the paint
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