Fitting the new panel was also a bit of a pain, as the rear of the structural tube needs to be bent out of the way to allow the new bulkhead to be rotated/slid into location.
I tried a number of different ways, but at the end of it, I had to remove the jack holder, bend back the battery tray, and both bend the structural tube and curve the ends back to clear the edges of the new bulkhead
Here is the offending jack mount (other side has the main battery grounding point, didn't want to touch that one).
With a bit of fiddling and a little reshaping, the new bulkhead is in place, the spot welds to the inner fenders are done...they were a pain due to the Porsche primer both insulating the MIG wire (no start) and also causing bubbling and generally a miserable result.
I posted a question about it and got some good advice, so I finished up by grinding off the paint/galvanizing through the spot welds and increasing voltage and gas flow for the MIG. It helped, but I have much to learn about welding. I will also do some seam welding on the inside to make sure that things are strong.
Here it is until so far, spotted solidly in place. Today's job is to reshape the structural tube and finish up all the welding, plus reweld the jack support and battery tray into place and then on to the next job.
Here is the inside view, you can see the bent back structural tube part....should be straightforward to bend back and weld in place
I'll post more as I get time. I am still waiting for the Porsche front and rear signal light support as I only have one early fender to backdate my fenders to the earlier style. Porsche sells the sheet metal that actually holds the signal lights at a price so low I only cried for a while...
Until next time,
Dennis