To catch up on the wagon, the seat belt retractor anchor bracket will be located inside the quarter panel, here we are laying out for the plug weld holes that hold it in place...
Holes piloted, then use the burnishing brush to remove the paint from the weld area...
Then the holes are enlarged for plug weld size, I use a letter A and plenty of heat.
Back to our rear seat back modification, some 14 gauge steel is shrunk in the Baileigh MH19 to fit the driver's wheel well..
After some cleanup on the Tommasini cast wheeling machine...
Meanwhile, Mike has media blasted the anchor brackets and is here spraying them with SPI epoxy primer...
The 14 gauge is then held to the wheel wells and marked a line parallel to the seat frame. We'll use this line to start the transition to flat, using a linear stretch die in the MH19.
Linear stretch die also used to add this detail to blend into the bottom part...
Tacked together and fitted....
Tig welded....
This should JUST hide the wheel well, but doesn't look like the foam will be all that thick at the bottom...
Weld dressed and another fit, I was going to trim the sides but we'll be adding some stiffener beads to the flat area, so we'll wait until after that process to trim the sides.
