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Old December 21st, 2024, 06:08 PM
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Default Re: '65 GMC 1500 project. From the Netherlands

Tackling the driverside fender was long overdue. I had already broken off the bolt when I removed the front end to paint the firewall, so it was flopping around on the truck.



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The inside of the front fender was chockful of asphalt. I'm guessing they drove over a wet asphalt road back in the day. I did provide good rust protection however, it had to come out to do the job right. It was quite a bear to remove and cost me a couple of hours before everything was removed.

The dent was pretty big, I took most it it out before cutting off the rusted out section.



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A nice frisbee disc of bondo showed up when I cut off the outer skin.
Welded in a new support and added a large drain hole on the bottom.



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Went on to weld the new patch panel in place. I used the contour from the patch panel to restore the contour.
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