So I really need to get better about taking pictures. I have been working on plugging all the little holes while I waited on more steel. There are a ton of little bolt holes from misc. crap that was one day attached to this thing. I have already burned through an entire 96"x120" sheet of 20 gauge on patch panels. I just picked up two more so I can wrap up the patches, break new rockers, and a new rear roll pan. This should also be new floors up front.
I will spare everyone the pictures of me plugging all of the holes, but yesterday I got started on the front tube fenders. These are going to be more work than I thought. Typically tube fenders just go up and turn into the grill. I wanted to keep the look of the factory fender, but with a tube fender. These flare out the same as the rears so I have great tire coverage.
There is still some shaping work to fill that last little bit. I just ran out of time and had to get back to my honey do list. These fenders flare out 4.5" past stock to cover all but a little of the tire. They also got flared forward a little to help with a big tire and turning clearance when flexed.
I also finished up one of the corners to the rear fender. This will get cleaned up a little more once I rivet the rear flares on.
I then found that the previous owner got a bulk discount on bondo. This is going to take me a while to figure out what steps to take to fix it. Both rear corners look like this, but this is the worst of the two if you can call it that.
Needless to say I have plenty of work to do and I really wish I would have started with a better tub. I also picked up a new hardtop that is in way better shape than the one I had. Oddly enough it is rusted in places that my original top is solid. Hopefully between the two I will end up with one top. I can't even think about fitting it to the body until I fix those rear corners. I am worried the whole body will warp with that much weight on top of the unsupported sides.