Send some photos of the scenery, Brian!
As for the car, right now the frame repairs are being done. I am trying to get the car safe and road-worthy once I get the title paperwork in order and actually get some plates. Also, I want the underside finished once and for all. I have a Gardner exhaust on order for the car and it should arrive in a couple weeks. I do not want to be pulling that system out to do other repairs at a later date.
The frame repairs were supposed to be a week but looks like it will be at least two weeks...or more.
The passenger side lower area of the three panel sandwich was as we thought: the outer piece was rusty and the inners were pretty good. The problem was that the inner sections were rather mangled from the tie downs used during the transport so the inside section had to be cut out and redone to make it flat again. Here's some photos from earlier in the week.
Here's the bad area prior to trimming:
Here's the section after the outer piece was cut away:
And the mangled bottom of the inner rail/spring bucket that has the tie down holes. They were pulled and ripped out of shape.
He ended up cutting the section out and remaking it so it looks correct once the new section of rail gets welded back over it.
And the portion of the replacement rail that will be used:
He is starting on the rear of the passenger frame rail, next (where the tailpipe area was cracked and the rail was thin).