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More tools is never a bad thing! I've heard good things about the Contour, hopefully it makes the job easier.

I hope, especially now that other companies are making replacement sanding drums for it. Including HF.

The passenger side of the car for sure had a harder life.

Before I started doing the rust repair on that side, I need to try to straighten that entire panel first as welding in new metal may have locked in the damage.

All the areas circled are dents.




So i roughed most of those out first.

The rear fender always fit a little oddly and didn't line up that well. Now I know why. This fender mounting point in the wheel well was pushed out pretty far. Here is the difference when compared to the drivers side.




After some adjustments with a BFH.




There was slightly more inner structure that wasn't completely rusted away on this side.




Patch fitted...




Mostly welded in. I need to also fix some thin metal in the wheel well.

But I just about got the entire patch welded in, when I ran out of welding gas, and of course the AirGas store is closed until Monday. So guess I'll need to move on to other items until I can refill the bottle.

It’s looking good, Kevin!

Well maybe you've got a full bottle of beer to pass the time till then....

Either that or She who must be obeyed has other tasks you can attend to!

Kevin: you are earning your aircraft frame mechanic's merit badge with those Cleco's! Very methodical and deliberate. Well done.

Flackmaestro: Only a few nerd-geezers admit to getting your reference...nice...my "boss" snickers when I use that reference...for the younglings:youtube.com/watch?v=_LEAAy44wnQ