Tonight I chopped the rear quarters. No turning back now!
I basically drew a line parallel with the indent of the rear quarter just above it and then drew another line from the rear corner transition/indent.
I kept the two angles on because I wanted to use those as (1) an angle to follow down to my inside edge and (2), have something for my new piece of steel to follow as somewhat of a guide for tomorrow when I (hopefully) weld the new pieces in. It looks like there will be lots of clearance for the fuel filler neck too.
I'm hoping to install some sort of storage similar to Wagongear has built, but not exactly sure what, but I suppose I just lost some storage by doing this mod
I Rust Converted the inners tonight in an attempt to stop any rust from spreading, and wire wheeled them before that. It actually wasn't too bad after cutting all the really bad stuff out. A few spots along the very rear corner where there is a seam and support beam, but essentially just surface rust and blew off pretty easily.
Tomorrow morning I'll hit it all with a weld-through primer and let that set.
Then I'll mock up the new pieces and get to welding. Then seam sealer. Then rust preventative paint/stuff.
Here's a few pics of what came off and an idea of the angles. Really glad I did this...it was BAD in there!
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