Welding On Inner Rear Latch Panel, 69 S (using a bottle jack to help...)
 

Today I tackled more chassis restoration, and I had to use a bottle jack to spread my rear frame rails! The full roll cage of this car had "compressed" the frame rails a few mm, and my replacement panel from Restoration Design was a good 1/2" off from being able to be installed.

This was the jack I eventually used, with a 2x4 against the opposite frame rail.

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I was able to use one of my regular floor jacks as a "proof of concept" and got the piece in for measurement.

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Quick test fit of the outer rear latch panel piece.
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After welding it on and cleaning up the welds.
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Then sealed up with a bit of POR15 as a stage 1.

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Am excited to get that rear panel on so I can finally fit the quarters.

If you want to see the video of this whole process, here it is:

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