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I was able to get a little more done last weekend. I cut out the horrible patch job on the outside of the drivers side frame rail, blasted, primed/painted and boxed in with 16 ga (I think? may have been thicker) sheet. I still need to do the small portion in front of the cross member mount. After spending a couple of hours fighting with all the spot welds trying to remove the brackets in the engine bay I gave up after seeing how weak/ think the metal was. It also became pretty clear how flimsy the shock tower support must be. So, I cut a healthy chunk of it out (pretty close to the perimeter spot welds) and added new sheet (22 ga) along with some 3/4" tube. Once I get around to the fixing/ replacing sections of the firewall I'll add bracing to the back of the towers to the firewall. Also shaved the drip rail. Still very much a work in progress

With the several layers of epoxy resin, and maybe a coat of clear, it should be pretty well contained EDIT: I'm nixing this idea in favor of a something with a quick release.

https://richmond.craigslist.org/pts/6205423910.html My junk

Damn man that sucks but at least it happened there and not earlier in the course where it looked like it was just a sheer cliff. Like others have said, cars can be rebuilt, glad youre ok. That course looks sketchy AF though... youve got way bigger balls than me.

On to the pictures: The Z as she arrived in all her glory/ misery. I'm pretty sure the car was used for practice by a highschool body shop class Who needs metal for a floor board? and the rust... ohhh the rust: After some cutting/ sanding and priming: I'm also redoing the steering wheel. Took off the old gross rubber, attached some MDF and started shaping. It'll eventually be wrapped in carbon. Lots and lots of hours to go with the media blaster and sander.