Windshield frame cowl repair question

[Btempy]

Decided to go ahead and tackle the rusted out windshield frame, removed hinge and found this underneath..looks out of place but then the spot welds and original paint make me think otherwise. is it possibly its the original hinge?

I know windshield has been off at some point as the hinge i removed was mounted with rivets.

 

[Btempy]

Im going to go with whoever replaced the hinge before was lazy. I will be cutting it out. You may delete this thread

 

[DaveLev]

Thanks for posting pictures. That looks terrible for sure. Looks like it was replaced by laying some 1" wide steel across the bottom.

 

[71 CA Bronco]

Just brace everything well before cutting out the cowl. Don't ask me how I know that. %)

 

[Btempy]

Thanks for posting pictures. That looks terrible for sure. Looks like it was replaced by laying some 1" wide steel across the bottom.

its actually the originally hinge. At some point someone thought it would be a good idea to just cut it off and stick a new hinge on top.

 

[Btempy]

Just brace everything well before cutting out the cowl. Don't ask me how I know that. %)

Cowl is about the only thing I'm salvaging. Im pretty sure i already have some droop going on. My outer floor supports on both driver/passenger side are pretty rotted out where it attaches to the inner rocker. Probably should've braced it before removing the floor boards, but I'm replacing everything in the front half of the bronco but the firewall assembly