Six years should be long enough...
As implied, six years have passed since I have made any progress on a project that was started in this thread:
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Short story long, the car I was trying to save was too far gone and became a parts car.
What's left of the driver's side A pillar and rocker panel. Passenger side wasn't much better.
The lack of salvageable material in upper control arm mounts are where I decided this was a lost cause.
This thing is more rust than it was metal.
I kept what I could use and sold what was left. This is not the end of this project. I continued collecting parts until I had something better to start with.