89 Vert project

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Some stuff prepped for paint, the valence sporting new stone guard.

I'll let you guys guess the paint color. It's not bronzit.

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Drivers door off and stripped down, also have the frame rail repair welds dressed.

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Pulled the fuel tank and continued the rust repairs. I found an unexpected hole above the tank on the passenger side. Figured I'd start there lol.

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I've come down with some sort of cold but despite that I had a full day to work on this thing... or so I thought. My girlfriend's mini needed a cowl leak looked at and during that I noticed the recirc flap was broken. Three hours later I was able to fix the flap and isolate the leak.

I took a quick brake to relax for about an hour so I could get back to the car. I managed to get the surprise hole done on the passenger side done before we lost power from a gnarly thunderstorm. I called it a day at that point.

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Just four more holes in the seat pan before I have to tackle the floor pan.

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I started dissecting the passenger rear floor pan before we lost power. Pretty straight forward just have to trim and fit the panel 700 times.

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This rear seat pan is blossoming into somewhat of a mess. There are small pinholes all over the place along with the larger ones that I have already pushed through. My plan is to weld one or two per night this week until I'm down to just the pinholes then I'll probably sand them back, treat them and smear them with seam sealer. Is it the right way to do it? No. But there's only one other option and that's cutting out the entire thing, finding a good one, and welding it in. Too much work for very little return plus it's under the rear seat and above the fuel tank so not exposed at all anyways.