1973 Plymouth Duster repair and rebuild

mygasser said
re welding holes in sheetmetal, grab a thick flat piece of copper and hold it on the backside of the holes while welding them. the weld won't stick to the copper and you get a fletter backside to the weld so less grinding.
neil.

Thanks for the advice, sadly I got this advice after I completed the work.

So the car now has the shock hoops welded in. I started my weld on the face of the metal and rolled it into the back so that I had enough thickness grind. If any holes showed on the first grind, weld again and fill any additional holes result to welding. Grind again, and good to go. Took a portion of the chassis to metal, sprayed with weld thru primer, located the shock hoops and welded. I will be painting front end parts and installing the remaining kit over this weekend. Painting is going slowly due to colder weather resulting in a colder garage. That color you see around the weld is the copper weld thru primer. I will be painting primer and paint tomorrow. Should be ok for tonight.

Since I have more drilling to do in the chassis, a quick drilling jig was created using one of the provided crush sleeves no longer needed for the shock hoop. I wish this would have came with the kit.