Thursday, October 4, 2012

progress finally...



so, finally got around to working on the rear fenders. decided that instead of just tacking on just the arches as so many do, i would graft the entire vw rear fender into my rear quarter. this solved the rust hole issues, as the holes all fell within the part that i was cutting out, so no additional patch work was needed...




the fenders were mocked up, marked, and then the cutting began.




the rust was all cut out, and i was left with a gaping hole... did i mention that i have never done this before?



everything was secured for a good butt weld.




and then it was all tacked in. still have a lot of additional tacking to do, but it is slow as i can't get too much heat into the metal, as it will warp and distort the fender.



now all i have to do is finish the rears of this fender, as the body shape is a bit different. then on to the other side...

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