Gerahead's 71 Dart

Way back when I stripped the trunk of it paint, I found some minor rust holes in the floor of the spare tire well. I had originally thought that I might be able to remedy that with some POR epoxy putty. It seemed to work reasonable well, but I had acquired a replacement well just in case. When I blasted the underside of the car, it blew all the epoxy out of the holes so I knew I had to replace the floor. Every time I sat down to try to strategize the replacement, it gave me a headache. I finally had to dive in and get it done. I got the new floor in but still have to finish the body work on the weld, but I need to let my fingers heal a little first! The unfortunate part is that I need to body work both sides of this weld so it is a lot more work! I still need to weld the fuel tank mounting bracket into the floor and reattach the rear valence mount as well. I screwed up when I took the valence bracket out and the mistake will cost me a bunch of extra work! I measured the crap out of the location, but measured it from the nearest large drain hole. The same hole in the new floor was not in the exactly same location, so in essence, I have no datum to use to reattach it. I will need to attach the valence and use it to determine the location for the bracket. The trouble is that the valence can't be attached with the back half rotisserie mount in place. So I will need to prop up the rear half of the shell and remove the rotisserie mount, bolt up the valence, mark the location for the bracket and then put it all back together!
Besides that, the roof and C-pillars have all been smoothed and the "final" coat of epoxy primer have been squirted on. The previously applied epoxy on the exterior has all been scuffed up and I plan to start applying high build primer today and then the sanding marathon will begin! L8r

Jim