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carwash,
Investigate that gas tank front support panel. (Those two panels enclosed bare metal from the factory and had rust on the inside before even leaving the assembly line) It looks like the reason they braized that patch was there wasn't enough steel to put in a weld.
Spend some time pressing a punch into any of the low spots to verify metal thickness and strength - the bottom panel in concert with the top panel forms a beam holding the front of the car together and is the structural attachment for the front suspension. Of all the places on the car where clean solid metal is important... that's the spot.
With that much rust repair look at all four corners of where the steering and front torsion bars mount. The rear pin bolts (that hold the steering to the body) and the surrounding sheet metal mounts at the back of the torsion bars are real rust prone areas.
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