Quoting: Andy
Jegs are over doing their FREE GROUND SHIPPING
Good shout, I hadn't considered them.
I couldn't find what I needed on there when searching by description (or at Summit)
I was looking around the specialist suppliers, who charge more, especially for the shipping. What that did do though was get me the suppliers part numbers. Do a direct search in Summit/JEGS with the part numbers and found that both of them do supply the bits I needed after all.
Anyway, after tons of reading on my favourite 2nd gen website, and having another closer look at the current damage, I've worked out exactly what panels I need.
The rust in the passenger footwell extends up the toe boards, and there are only 3 panels which cover that piece:
1. Replacement Firewall (to match original panels) - Not going to do that
2. Half pan with toe board - strong possiblity
3. Full length pan with toe board - possible, but expensive. The middle section of the floor is actually good, so I don't actually need the full panel.
The deciding factor though, was the holes at the back corner, behind the rear seats. Turns out there is only 1 panel available that includes that bit - the full panel (#3 above), so that was decided. This also means that I have a full length outer seam to match up with the rockers
I'd read that the inner rocker is a fairly basic piece and could probably be repaired. However, looking through the holes in the worst section of the outer rocker, I'm not sure there's much of it there to repair. The sensible option had to be to get the replacement panel. As above, this means that the floor/inner/outer seams that join will be all new metal.
It goes without saying that the torque boxes will also need to be replaced, but there are only a couple of places selling these at the moment and I've not been able to identify the make or part numbers, so wasn't able to find them at Jegs or Summit. Plus, with one already sourced at half price, I only need one more and the shipping is pretty low for that.
So, the order has been placed with JEGS for the floor pan and inner rocker.
Where's the welding smiley?