Well, things are fitting much better now, and most of it is tacked in. I ran out of welding gas this weekend but should have 2 bottles delivered tomorrow. We've also got the passenger inner fender mostly welded in. I will still need to tweak the cowl before the final burn-in, but the windshield support, firewall, kick panel, and floor pan are welded in and ground smooth now. Thanks John, Jeff, and Tim!
John welded in the B pillar support and also fabbed up the missing chunk in the door jamb, both turned out great.
My original body guy is out of his shop now so I can't use him. I have another guy that is supposed to come by Saturday morning and take a look and give me a quote. So, John (D&D) was nice enough to deliver my hood that he was also nice enough to store (for just a little while). I think I'm going to give Bully Liner a shot for the interior. It can be sprayed in the garage without a respirator, appears to touch up really easy, and doesn't require an insane amount of prep work. It's a newer product that doesn't seem to have a ton of reviews though, but couldn't find any bad feedback on it. It seems to be on par durability wise with Raptor from the (likely very biased) Youtube vids I've seen.
The to-do list is getting smaller... Finish cowl and inner fender, patch a bunch of small holes, apply seam sealer, and cut out for fender flares...Unless the paint guy adds more to my list.
Since I was out of welding gas the wife and I made a trip to tractor supply and bought 2 cans of paint to see the colors on some metal. I intentionally sprayed them both with a bunch of crap floating in the air. She loves the Massey Ferguson grey, I like it as well, but I like the white too. The thing I like best about the white is that it hides all the dirt, scratches, and imperfections very well. The grey seems to make it all show up, otherwise, it would be the winner for sure. We're still undecided about it.
...That's what it looks like! There's a couple seam sealer dribbles on the passenger floor still. I feel they were pretty liberal with that stuff back in the day!
