This one is going to seemingly go slow. Whoever did the old work that was beneath the flat black primer did not own a measuring device of any sort.
Thus, this one is going to require "bouncing around" a bit to get all the pieces to fit well together.
I now have the floor completely removed from the body. I drill out the factory spot welds and use the exact holes upon reassembly.
This one is odd in that there were more spot welds on one side than I'd ever witnessed on any '39 or '40 I've restored.
Makes me think a "Monday" car
I will replace the rear pan. It's on there still to provide a little rigidity needed for the time being.
There was literally 3/4" of bondo over the rear pan. I have no idea why as the pan is actually quite solid.
There was in fact a gross amount of bondo over the entire car. If I didn't know better, I'd bet this was a Boyd Coddington car at one time. He was known for the HUGE amounts of putty applied with a trowel.