B pillar progress

Honestly, I’m just not sure how I’ll get through this. It’s not the cutting and pasting, its just the state of the car. The lower 6 inches all the way around is rusted out and the rust crators on the rest of the body are very bad. This is definately not a car you can really restore. It’s going to have to be modified, but in a stock sense.  I think you need a much better car to start with for a purist restoration. Anyway, since I can’t hurt this car any more, I find it much easier to cut. Of course, I took that attitude tonight and made a few mistakes as usual. It’s time for some metal working tools for sure. I studied the situation for a bit and then cut out the rusted lower ‘B’ pillar. Everthing is gone in there; the outer rocker, the inner rocker, and the sill plate which is above and behind the body skin. I guess you call it a sill plate.  I can’t really put my ‘new’ piece on until I re-build those parts. I have a new 1/4 panel from the door to the fender well but that has to be the last thing to put on. So, I think a metal brake and a bunch of other stuff are going to be in the garage soon. Here’s some pics of the progress.