cutting rust out of long, will car fold? Options

[rjames]

I need to cut the metal out on the driver's side long (see photo below). The bottome of the long is ok, so I won't (shouldn't) have to cut that out. Do I need to secure the frame when doing this, or if the rest of the long is ok (and it is) will it hold it's dimensions? I've seen some other postings where they've made stabalizing connections that spanned from the seat belt bolt to where the door bolts on. Is this necessary for what I'm about to cut out?

As always, thanks for any and all responses!

[brant]

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Mar 17 2006, 02:32 PM)

QUOTE (brant @ Mar 17 2006, 01:30 PM) take pictures of the process guys.... Greg is going to be doing the exact same thing to his car this summer! brant i'm just waiting for you to graduate from high school (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) and you meant spring, right (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)

you got to figure out when...
my dance card is rapidly filling up.
your going to need to look at your social calendar...

I'm already booked through the weekend of 4/21
and afeared that time is going to be awful tight between 4/29-5/14

want to pick a date for after 5/21?

brant