Having replaced a little of what i have now removed, it feels more like a chop shop than anything else in my garage!Moving on from the bulkhead i decided the next logical step was the floor pan. In order to get good metal to weld the floor too i decided the next bit to replace was the front of the foot well.
I proceeded to chop out the rusty section. I added a large oversize patch to allow me to trim it back to size when securely tacked on. By this time i had also cleaned up the inner side of the foot well and spraid in primer.
Next i trimmed the patch to size, seam welded and spraid. Its obvious that more patches will be required to complete the foot well front, and a small patch strip to the top, right of the pedal aperture.
A small patch was added top right of the front and then a long strip top right of the top, completing the patchwork for the front and top of the foot well. It seems so easy typing it out, but in real life this took me a good day! Remember, to this point, id had no experience welding or with any car bodywork, so I'm a rank amateur! But it seems to be going OK.
There was some warping with the patchwork, i think mainly from long sections of seam welding. I shall try and avoid long welds in the future. Hopefully i can work with
the warp, if not, it'll have to stay that way
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