Order of operations, Where to start on the hell hole Options

[Wadesbrain]

So I’ve been MIA for a while. I’m a firm believer in the best way to start a restoration is to renovate your wife’s kitchen, hobby room, or whatever will keep her happy. I’m almost done with the kitchen so I’m making a list of parts and jobs to be done.

I’m looking at a bare tub build. My question is, what is the order for sheet metal replacement when the floors rockers and most stuff connected to the console etc need to be replaced? Thanks for your input

Wade

[mbseto]

On my passenger side, I replaced nearly everything between the front wheel well and the rear wheel well. Of course, I started with stabilizing everything by bolting to a large dolly and adding door braces. Take lots of measurements now. I built a jig at this point for when I put it all back together. I wish I had taken more pictures.

Going off memory here. Battery tray came out first, then engine tray, then inner pylon. The entire long was shot and I was able to get the heater tube out for reuse by just trimming away the rusted edges of the existing holes. Then the entire long came out as more or less one big chunk. Et voila.

Once it was all out, I rebuilt the inner long outside the car, fitted it all as one piece and tacked it in. Put in the heater tube, then welded on the outer pieces to close it up. Once that backbone is in place, the suspension pylons, motor mount and door sill can all go in. In my case, these wait until the same parts on the driver's side are ready to go in - the entire lot will be positioned by the jig I have, and tacked into place.