Triumph TR3 - Back to the Right Hand Rocker Panel-Part 2

I was out in the garage 2-1/2 hours yesterday working on attaching a couple of additional "patch" panels to the rear right valance area. I wanted to do this to build up the area prior to the skim coat of filler being applied. If I didn't take this step the filler would be too thick in places. Not acceptable when the fix was so straight forward. I also nearly completed the right hand rocker panel (behind the door towards the rear right fender) with only the bottom insert left to do. I left the garage feeling satisfied with my day's work.

My activities flowed well except my pop riveter malfunctioned about 1/2 way through the job. It is a "consumer" grade unit that has served me well but it looks like planned obsolescence has kicked in. Every so often I wear out a tool and this is an example. Just when the malfunction happened my son turned up for a visit and just so happened to have a pop riveter in his tool box (commercial grade) in his truck-problem solved.