On to the right side.
looks a little better than the left.
Area removed to look inside
So just as bad as left inside
New lower plate made up and welded in after cleaning & painting inside sill.
New metal for hinge mounting reinforcement was welded in after that.
Then some of the metal I removed earlier was welded back in after trimming away the rustier bits, these replaced with more fresh metal.
Thankfully the holes in more obvious areas of the sill were small enough to weld closed without adding new sheetmetal.
Welds ground back & primed
I also noticed that the front springs seem to have been cut, having 4 3/4 coils instead of 5 1/2 of other springs I have,
and they don't seem to be located quite as well as they could be, sitting a bit off-centre in their seats.
So not sure if I should add an inner ring to the spring seat one day to try & position the springs better.
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