I Googled “the first cut” for it’s thoughts, and I got two conflicting opinions on the subject. First was “the first cut is the deepest”, followed by “the first cut wont hurt at all. Who am I to believe? I’ve been mulling over where I’m going to start cutting on the body for the last.., well, since I’ve gotten it.
There are a couple weld lines that I have highlighted on this picture. The red lines show the basic routing of the fresh air duct. It comes in from the nose and runs along the inner fenders to mixing boxes under the dash where you can turn fresh air on or off, or mix it with warm air from the engine. The welds on the red lines are pretty easy to cut out. You just drill out each spot weld. The other weld line runs along the seam between the tops of the inner and outer fenders. This weld also holds the weather stripping for the hood. There are no clear spot welds here, so I’m a bit stumped.
So here’s where I am now. Trying to decide where to cut.