Floors and Rails an Unhappy Update

Well the Bad Dog rails arrived late this afternoon and I picked up the freshly bent floor pans from the shop on the way home Friday.

I got to work with the new air nibbler. If you dont have this tool and do some light body work and metal modification get one! I powered up the compressor and went to work. I got the passenger side floor cut. The rust was worse than I expected. Went further and left the metal thinner than I thought it would.

After today, I am seriously wondering if this car is worth the effort to fix correctly. Looks like the rust monster has won. Up to the torison control rod mounting point is rusted away completely. After getting it out, the metal between the frame rail and the inner fender is a disaster as well. Looks like more cutting and welding. If I had known it to be this bad, I would not have bought the car, and would have got a MG or something else again. Even my Mustang, having spent its entire life in Illinois was more solid than this.

OK, time to relax, clean up and get some rest before going at it again, I guess if I cut enough away I can just sell the running gear!