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Old 03-23-2011, 09:03 PM
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Starting on some of the metal repair. I shaped some flat sheet metal to look close to the original floorpan. The driver door jamb was trashed. I fabricated a repair panel for that too. I used a thicker gauge for the door striker area. This seems to be a problem area on this vintage of GP's. You can see where the original broke apart.[previous owners tried to fix it with rivets] The factory only put a few spot welds on the striker support. I welded the entire area of the support. We'll see if this makes an improvement. I'll probably repair my driver this way , now that I've seen how GM attached it. That one has been touched up already once.
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