Datsun 510 Rocker Panel Bracing & Inner Sill Work (Ep# 20)

Project Log (17 Sept 18):
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Test Fit the doors back on the car, then welded in the bottom support brace
To Do (Daily):
☑ Put on Doors
☑ Take Off Doors
☑ Put in Door Brace

1. The doors went on very easily. I was able to use a folding chair to help me keep the doors balanced as I placed them back on. I was happy I put the bolts away in a good spot, because this project is taking WAY longer than I originally anticipated.
2. Took the doors back off and put them back over in the corner
3. The bottom horizontal brace is welded to the A, B, and C pillar this will hopefully act to ensure the car does not warp as I keep cutting metal out of it. It required bending the metal to ensure I got the right bow in the metal, I also ended up cutting it long enough to fit in the car, plus a few more inches. I had to angle the rear cut to get it to weld to the inner panel
The weld is not great, but I needed to leave the car for a couple days and didn’t want to worry about the sag

Project Log (22 Sept 18):
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Added one more piece to the inner sill
To Do (Daily):
☑ Make the new inner sill piece

1. The old seatbelt mount is made up of a large nut welded to an ~14 gauge steel, welded to the inner sill with spot welds. The panel I created was the inner sill. I got to use my metal nibbler for the first time. It works well, and I like it, but you need to make sure your metal is held firm
After creating a template with paper, and cutting out the metal my battery died on my camera, but I did not change it. I finished welding in the sill.