I hung new 16ga side panels, and today I had a little time to rehang the side hat channel and add a little 3/8" flatbar detail to the side. I put ran the flatbar through my bender and brought it around the back body curve onto the back panel. I will be doing a logo on the back and this detail will be the accent color that ties it all in. I like the look of it going around over the original side detail that stopped onnthe side just before the curve.
I was originally planning on just banging out all the dents and replacing rusted areas, but there aren't that complex of panels on this thing and I'm not that concerned in keeping everything too original. I'm going for a "mini semi-truck" look in my Metro Mite. I started by pulling the back panels and sent some new 16ga steel through the roller to match the curves in the back panels. I also dropped the body 2" at this point and used the old rear wheel arches(dropped those also, when welding them back in to the new panels.)
