See – it’s toast… But the welded nuts in the bottom of this section are a crucial dimensional point – they are used to attach the rear trans mount. We will leave this as-is, fit the floors to this, then remove this and fit the new trans tunnel to the floors. Along the way we will constantly refer to the initial measurements of this shell, the original Jaguar blueprints and dimensioanl crash charts, and my personal favorite, the other 6-10 E-Types that are always around – that’s usually the best reference of all!