The rocker panel had been welded in but we took it back out to get better access to repair the jack point plus inner panels needed. Here's what it looks like without the rocker in place:
In prior posts I have mentioned the larger structural member (let's call it a beam) that had been put in place by someone in the past. It's very hard to describe in words how this works, so I created this sketch comparing the factory configuration and the present condition on this car.
By the time we are done the entire area will be enclosed (like it was from the factory) and will be much more resistant to corrosion structurally because the structural component is 0.205 inches thick, versus about 0.035 inches in the factory version. None of this will be evident from outside the car.
We also had to reinforce the jack points, Nick did a nice job on his welds on this part:
The prior version of this piece had bent when the car was jacked up because the thicker area at the top of this picture had two 90 degree bends in it, very poor approach. Nick removed the entire jack point assembly, cut the thick bracket in half and re-attached it without the two 90 degree bends and welded the entire assembly back in place on the car.
We are using a large replacement panel on the driver's side rear fender to repair the wheel arch. When removing the material we will replace we found a good example of the aluminum sheet material that had been stuffed between the inner and outer fenders prior to slapping body filler into the gaping holes in the wheel arch. Glad we are able to fix it right this time.
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