....... the horribly shoddy work from the first shop knocked our timetable back two weeks ....... it has taken that long to correct the "free-floating" firewall, all the cracks in the sheetmetal that were just covered with putty, the incorrectly attached rear fender flares, the cowl, and the crappy job on the door jambs .......... but the extra time has been well worth it, as things have been done correctly this time



Josh had to totally re-weld the sides of the firewall, and then fabricate a cap to extend the top of the firewall to the cowl and then get it welded in place





all that welding created major issues with the door jamb areas on both sides





it took another full week of work to get to this point ......... the firewall has been finished, sealed, and water tested (the drain tubes work perfectly)



The door jambs on both sides ahve been totally reworked, as have the "wings" on the front of the body which contain the mounts for the tilt nose









and new window surrounds have been fabricated to hold the sliding winow glass



we're back to rolling again ........ he hopes to have primer on it by next Tuesday, and maybe some color by later next week