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		When I cut through the firewall and floorboard, the firewall was free to shift positions. In order to align it before moving any further, the upper cowl and side cowl was screwed in place. The upper cowling is the base for the all the replacement panels. With the alignment and placement of this panel being done earlier and being the larger piece that covered both sides, it is the bases to where the other replacement panels would be aligned. With the upper cowling being located, the side panel could be located and screwed in... Therefore, the toe board could be placed in its proper location.
		Now with the the firewall aligned back to it's original location, the floorboard and toe board replacement panel was put back in in marked for cutting.
		After pulling the floorboard panel back out, it was cut leaving over an inch of overlap between the new and the old.
		Before moving any further with the floor board, the remaining rust had to be sanded away and primed. But before that could take place, there is the issue with the rust-thru on the door pillar.
		With the scraps cut off from the floor board replacement panel, I cut off two pieces of metal. One would fit into the area of the rust-thru on the door pillar. That is after that hole was squared up. With this smaller piece, it was spot welded to a larger piece that would be the backing for the smaller piece.
		With this new piece being clamed in and after being shot with weld-thru primmer, it was welded in place from the front side and the back side.
		Now sanded down and moving forward with removing the rust spots and prepping the metal that needs to be primed.

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