Laguna Blue 75 build thread, Freshly painted Options

[Tim17]

The previous owner told us the hell hole and longs had been done and he seemed like an honest car guy. So that was dumb and naive of me. It was clear that a bunch of work had been done around the hell hole, which looked good from the engine bay. When we got it home and on the lift we were faced with a rusted out lower firewall.
Ordered a firewall repair panel.
We pulled the engine today and cut out the lower firewall and it’s pretty ugly.

[Superhawk996]

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And you’re off to the races. Glad to see it being opened up and properly done.

On the rear fender - the lack of a straight line cut works in your favor later. Can only go back on the same way vs being able to slide fore/aft. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Tim17]

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And you’re off to the races. Glad to see it being opened up and properly done.

On the rear fender - the lack of a straight line cut works in your favor later. Can only go back on the same way vs being able to slide fore/aft. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

@Superhawk996
Thanks, my RH door gap is a bit tight at the bottom. My braces are turnbuckles, and I ca move the top gap but not the bottom by turning the turnbuckles. In the process of fixing the inner long I’ll be separating the floor from the long and replacing some floor material as needed. To adjust that door gap at the bottom I’ll need to make a cut through the inner long load path. How far across the floor (outboard to inboard) do you think I’d need to cut to soften the structure enough to push the lower door jamb back by 2-3 mm?

Tim