I worked on the car over the weekend and finished welding up the front-end today.
First, I cut out my cowl I.D. stamping and welded it into my new cowl. I then welded the whole cowl to the dash support and firewall.
Pic of the ID after I wiped off the primer.
A friend said that I should patch this. It doesn't look too bad but the hinge area was rusted badly and so was the rear part around the shock tower. I decided to replace it with a new parts, since I've replaced so much already.
While the old inner fender was in, I welded in the inner fender's firewall bracket.
I then bolted in 2 supports, so the radiator support wouldn't move and lose its original position.
I then drilled and air-chiseled out the old inner fender out.
I bolted on the front fender for proper positioning of the inner fender. I wanted to make sure that I was able to set the gaps in and out and side to side.
Welded it in, then ground down the welds.
Etch-primed then applied bondo over the welds.
Did the whole thing again on the driver's side.
After I welded up the holes in the windshield frame and etch primed it, I am now done with the front welding.
XV frame connectors should be here tomorrow, so I can finish welding in the rear floor pans.
