I'm not sure why, but my subscription to this thread didn't show that anyone had replied, so I didn't see the above message. I'm not Tom and I don't think that I emailed, but I will get in touch!
I've been travelling a ton the last several weeks for work and as is usually the case with lots of air travel, I've also been sick. So, progress feels slow to me, but there have been a few significant milestones.
I wish I would have seen the message about jigs, because I did go ahead and make my own. I call it the jig-tisserie:
I also made the first cuts to get a better idea of the extent of the rust in some of the tricky areas. I was hoping to avoid removing the rear fenders, but it looks like it makes more sense to pull the whole things off. The fenders seem solid, but I'll need access to the areas underneath and there may be rust hiding in the inaccessible nooks and crannies. Pardon the ugly cuts. I knew everything in that area will be replaced with new panels.
I'm also wondering how to address the area right under the roll bar. I've been doing lots of shopping on restoration design and a few other sites and not sure that I've seen those pieces. I'll have to dig through the factory manual and interwebs to find the part numbers, unless someone here has some hints.
