Outer Rocker First? Found solution

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Found a good video series here:
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Getting ready to dive into my first body repair, I have welded before go I can figure that part out. However before I dive in I was trying to figure out the puzzle pieces. I bought full out rocker, inner rocker, and Kick panel and partial floor, which was way more than I need by I thought if i screwed up I would have some extra metal around.

My question is what should I tack in place first? I Think I need to tack in the out rocker, then the inner rocker, the floor and then the sliver of the kick panel I need. The part over lap a lot so, there seems to be a some redundancy.

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Personally, I'd do the outer first.

It sure would be nice if someone offered a floor panel and inner rocker all as one stamping like original.
 

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I found a great video series that covers everything.

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I didn't watch that video but I figured I'd add on to my original response. When it comes to bodywork, there's usually more than one 'right' way to do something, often times there's several good ways of doing it. Many bodymen will have a different opinion on how to go about doing something, you just have to figure out a way to get it done that you are most comfortable with.
 

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I would add, as a vetran of the body shop. Body men find the quickest way to do a quality repair and beat the book time. As square enthusiasts who are not getting paid for wrenching on our own stuff, slow and thorough works every time for quality end result.
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I found a great video series that covers everything.

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I actually just watched that same video today.

Yep milkcrate does a great job showing and explaining his work. He is on one of the other square body forums I know. I have watched a few of his videos over the years and a few of that series before
 

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Barnyard, Where did you get the inner rocker panel from. I bought one from LMC and its too short. Even went AMD and the inner rocker looked the same as the one from LMC.
 

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