I finally finished installing some 2" square tubing inside my rocker panels. The outer rocker covers needed to be redone anyway, so I decided to add a little extra reinforcement while they were off. I also installed a couple of Nascar style jack points. I cut away the outer cover about a half inch below the face of the door sill, and left the sill intact. This left a nice square corner formed by the door sill part of the old outer rocker and the inner face of the inner rocker panel. I welded it where it makes contact with both panels. The new piece of tubing runs from where the main hoop of my roll cage mounts all the way forward. The jacking points are in the middle of the door opening right where the floor rises up under the seats. The jacking plate is welded to the bottom of the square tubing and opens up to the outside of the car thru the outer rocker panel. No more driving up onto boards to get the jack under the car. Once everything was finished inside the rockers, I bent up some new outer rocker panels and welded them on. I used sheetmetal from an old door that had rusty corners. I laid a straight edge on the door and cut off a long strip of sheet metal with a grinder. For now, it is just painted with some chassis paint to keep it from rusting. I plan on painting the whole car in the Spring.

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