Originally Posted by
xintersecty
Not a bad idea for a repair. The 1300 the body shop wants is for a proper repair. What your are proposing is fine but it's not a welded steel body. If you do go with your solution, use parchment paper on top of the temp plywood support as a release.
Good idea on the parchment paper. Because there is so much rusted out missing metal I figure I'll use hardware cloth to shape the floor pan. It's not a forever car for me so just looking for something to hold up the pump a couple of years or so. After driving around a few days I'm thinking the manual shift may not be the best car for me. Being a senior citizen and with all the shifting is starting to
"bug the hell" out of me. Tampa has a lot of "stop and go" traffic to contend with.
Ordered new steering drag link assembly for a Mercedes C320 and hope it's the same. If not I can return it. Also ordered new shocks front and rear.