It's not been too bad so far except for this part of replacing a bad section of the box. I've hit my head about 27 times crawling in and out from under this thing
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To everyone on this site that does sheet metal/bodywork for a living 
I got the box sandblasted, repaired and painted and almost have the front panel fitted. Sheet metal is slow work
I got a paranoid feeling about whether the body had flexed before I welded in the brace on the driver's side so I put the top on and the passenger door and fortunately everything seems to line up. Both door gaps measure out the same so I think I'm allright. Going to start getting the floorpan panels in today
I don't think the top is going to survive, however
That last one hurts.
That last one looks like mine after blazer bash last year.
Easy fix until you do better
That can be fixed?
Everything can be fixed.
It's only about if it's worth fixing or not.
This looks like an easy enough fix.
I'll look into it
If you get me more pictures from different angles I can point you to a solution to get it fixed
Will do, thanks
For @imiceman44 . These things are just fiberglass panels riveted together. I agree with you that you could just fab some 16 ga steel reinforcement tabs and rerivet probably with some epoxy with tow straps for compression. What do you think?
If it's completely separated and you can open it enough to stick a piece of metal reinforcement inside I would, even if it's only to stop side shifting and then you can fill the cracks with epoxy and sand the surface and use resin and woven silk fabric to finish the outside.
It can be done to look better than steel brackets.
yeah, i was going to put the metal on the inside
My 73 has no holes for any roll bar. In the floor or the sides
As I stated above 74 was the first year to have the option.
My 73 had the factory roll bar
I don't want to doubt you but what was the actual build date?
Everything I have seen so far has been late 1973, usually September or later, and that usually is the following year model.
Does it have the built-in plate with welded nuts or just through bolts?
74 and up had a reinforcement plate and welded nuts so it was structurally stronger and easier to mount, just bolt from the top
