5-4-06 update
Got a little more done at the shop. Shaving the rear bumper, repair inside door jam, starting on frame rails.
I WISH I took pictures of what this looked like before I got the new metal in place. There was a 4 inch wide strip of RUST across the entire bumper. It didnt look like it was even worth keeping. The areas around the bumper give you and idea, but yea, it was BAD.
Tacked in to place:
Rear Shot:
Shitty picture, but welds were grinded down and polished smooth. Looks f’in awesome, can’t wait to get to the other areas. The reason I didn’t do it all is because I still may need those bumper mounts if/when it gets on the rotissarie. Once it’s back down, the shock will be recessed and a steel bar will be bolted to them behind the bumper.
Just a snapshot, all the bluish metal was where I worked on, the entire area was one big rust hole. Cut and shaped, still gotta polish it up. Damn, I gotta remember to take before pictures, these don’t do it justice 
Now, on to the frame rail, I measured/cut the steel tubing I’ll be using for this, now I had to work on the joint piece to tie them together. I <3 cardboard and painters tape 
Finally, at 1am, I decided to go home. All this was about 5 hours of work. The template was laid down, few pieces cut, my ass was TIRED.
This weekend I’ll have both rails made and ready to go. I’ve decided to cut the floorpans, weld these in, then put brand new floors in with 16 ga metal. Gotta get a rotissarie and bead roller, so chances are I’ll prepare as much as possible then wait till I can get both to finish the job.
In the mean time, stay tuned for dollying up the driver’s rear quarter, a full sheet metal replacement quarter (on order now) and two new 18ga rocker panels