I had to go a little medieval to get the side rocker panel in place, bending the B-pillar closeout plate with my Ford's scissor jack . It worked perfectly. The top lip of the outer rockers had about 1/8 of space that needed to be balanced out. See the next photo and you'll understand that it was indeed successful.
As you can see, the panel lined up beautifully. I've added the tack welds to hold the panel in place and I also added a few spot welds to the bottom to keep it in. I ran out of gas today for my MIG welder. Picking some up tomorrow and finishing the closing.
Here is the side bead welded across and down. The warpage was minor for such a long piece of metal. I had to jump around the line so that one part of the metal did not become too hot at anytime. Just need to grind down the slug and prep area for priming.
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