Worked about 3 hours today starting to dismantle the drivers side hinge pillar. Once i removed the 1980’s vintage patch that was welded in from below, disassembly went smoothly. Pillar is rough cut and out, fender bracket about fell off. I was worried about removing the hinge pocket panel as there were supposed to be about 5 spot welds to the floor pan, none of which were present 🤷😗. One more spot weld to remove and it will fall out. I plan to finish lower cowl demo next time. I also plan to do an inspection of the cowl interior before closing it up to see if more must be removed.
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Pillar, fender mounting bracket, 1980’s vintage patches.
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Removed pillar section cut just above hinge
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Cowl side of hinge pocket, yet to cut and remove lower 6”.


1958 Chevy Apache - "Stella"
"Start to finish w/upgrades"

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