[JJorgensen52]

Thanks guys! I am glad to be learning

Being a Patriots fan, didn't get a whole lot done today

Made the upper toeboard patch and tacked in the driver's kick panel



I still need to 100% confirm my pillar is set in the right place, then I will do the spot welds at the rear of the kick panel, fit the lower curved bit and weld it all up solid. Then rear floors!

Here's the sketch for my idea. Hopefully my chicken scratch is clear enough


I've ordered my new tailgate from MAR-K without the chain eyes, and based on measuring the gate on my '69 step I *should* be able to get the latches and linkage to fit entirely inside the upper curl of the gate. The handle assembly is going to require a raised section at the center of the gate, but the El Camino latch is the very smallest one I could find (less than 2" tall and about 3/8" thick) and should require only a minimal boxed section.

The idea is to make it look as if the factory did it this way. As long as it fits the splines, I'm using this handle:


It is a reasonable match to the size and the shape of the door handles. We will see how happy I am with it in the long run.