I did only work on the hinge pillar. What I think happened is that it warped some when I was welding on it, moving the hinge pocket rearward in the process. My thought is if I can work the warp out of the pillar, the hinge pocket will follow and move forward, too. That would give me the clearance for the bottom of the door and hopefully not ruin the door gap on the front. My initial thought is to drill out several of the tack welds on the inner cowl, to just above the weld seam for the patch panel. Then planish the weld seam and see if it moves the pillar. I'm thinking that if the weld shrunk the metal and moved it rearward, planishing it would stretch it back out and move it closer to it's original position. That's assuming that I have any understanding of the concept...which I may not. I'm really not looking for much movement, just enough to get the bottom of the door to not grind against the lock pillar. If the planishing doesn't work, I'll think on it and try something else.
