Here are a few more observations along with the last pictures of the tub wood prior to final fitting and assembly.

Here, inside the red circles, are oak shims (any hardwood would do) glued inside the scuttle rail to latch pillar joint to fill and tighten up the joint. Note; best fit to sheet-metal front quarter panels on this tub with Seabrook’s wood was a scuttle rail tight against the front surface of the latch pillar inside the joint.

Here’s a shot of the front surface of the dash side bracket on the drivers side and the misalignment problem that had to be fixed to achieve the nice tight joint at right. It seems the two parts of the bracket were welded together out of alignment. When the bracket is tight against the inside face of the scuttle side rail a piece of the bracket protrudes into the joint area. I know it will all be hidden by the sheet-metal, and it doesn’t seem like such a big deal; but it will prevent the inner side rail and scuttle side from forming a strong, smooth, flush fitting joint. There is an easy fix, either grind off the offending piece of bracket metal for a flush fit, or relieve a small portion of the front face of the scuttle side rail. I decided to leave the original bracket, along with this misalignment, intact and make my repair to the replacement wood. Ah yes, just one more thing that needs checking as assembly progresses.