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Finally I think I can say I'm halfway with the welding... Today saw a final bit
of touch-up on the passenger side, and then I set the car down on 4 wheels and
fitted the tilter to tilt it the other way. This involved moving the car half a metre
sideways, so it was a good thing the steering is fitted and functional. Once the
tilter was in place, I removed the two remaining doors and started digging. I had
hopes that this side would be less work, as the previous owner did start repairing
the car about 23 years ago. He had fixed the rear wheel well and fitted a new sill.
The wheel well looks ok, and will save me time (it's a total bugger to fix), but
the sill wasn't looking too happy. It was only welded on on the upper side, with the
lower side held in place with just a couple of spots. So I cut it off again. This
showed that the middle sill had also had repairs and wasn't looking too nice. So I
cut that off as well. The inner sill doesn't look too bad, but I'll repair it in the
samme way I did the other side. At least I'll know it's fairly neat and strong. I expect to
be able to forge ahead with this side a lot quicker than the other one, as I now have a
lot more experience and have solved most of the little puzzles.
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