Yep, that there is a heater channel

Or at least it was. Next step I believe is to weld braces across the door openings, and take the body off the pan. I’ll have to remove the entire area between the fenders and replace it all. I’ll cut apart the other side to see whats there so I can order the heater channels and rockers. That’s about $600 worth of stuff, about doubling my projected sheet metal price. I hope to keep my sheet metal budget below $1800, or three times my origional estimate. My current plan of attack is to work my way from the back to the front. All this is easy complared with what I’ll have to do in the front.