Cowl side patches

After the torque boxes were installed the cowl area can be finished by patching the sides. There are replacement panels available, but replacing them might escalate too much so I decided to produce patches of my own. These areas will not be visible when the car is finished. The front edge of the side panels we rusted out badly.

The edge of the remaining cowl panel was welded to the diagonal upper flange on the torque box. Luckily the rusted area could be cut here and the welding was easy to carry out as there is solid metal behind.

Then the patch was cut, drilled and welded. Stupid looking patch but it does the fix.

Patch for the right side

By using the hammer and dolly I shaped the front edge of the newly installed panel so that it wraps around the vertical edge of the firewall.

Driver side flange hammered

Driver side finished

This may not be the best looking patch I've done and will need some smoothing but after all it is solid and will do fine.