Foot Well Body Mount and Bolt

Well – here is another bite of the elephant, and maybe the last thing I had to do before I can wrap up this side. This is the foot well body mount and bolt. The photo below shows the template cut out of thin cardboard.

This is it laid out on a piece of Austin Healey 3000 frame I had laying around.

Some slight persuasion happening.

Sometimes things don’t fit in the vise to bend when the sides are already bent, so I used a piece of flat stock to make the jaws wider.

The rough shape.

And final fitting and welding.

To make a nice rounded fit I used an old steel washer welded to the bottom of the bracket.

Worked some more on the finishing the passenger side. Here’s the need for the inner panel.

Here’s the template for the inner panel.

Here I am bending the piece.

This is how you get extra leverage with brake.

Now to fit the big panel and create the flange. It’s upside down in the photo.

These are deep C clamps I use on the sheet metal break and are good for many things.

You can see the good penetration by the heat discoloration on the panel.