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Old 08-26-2020, 11:06 AM   #8
landarts
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Star, Idaho
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Re: Trying to salvage rear tail light area

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Originally Posted by Astro-Balls View Post
Nice work, wish I had those skills.
Thanks Astro-Balls. You will never know unless you try. I do this as a hobby and many of the things I do are not because I have been trained or have years of experience. I just look at what needs to be done, do a little research if I don't know the answer then give it a try. Sometime the outcome really surprises even me. This is part of the hobby that really keeps me going, the challenge and how to solve it on my own.

Here are a few updates on the lower panel spot welded in, just tacked in with spot welds in a clockwise fashion not to overheat the panel. After that was done I knocked it down with 36 grit disc and followed up with a 100 grit on a DA sander. The repair will need a little dolly and hammer action on the bottom to straighten out the part of the old panel and new panel where they meet. I replaced the section of the bed because it was so dented, twisted and folded over on bottom.

I need to get back to the rear trail light area and start working on getting the inner metal back in place and start test fitting the opening with the actual tail light housing and lens. Right now all of the measurements I am taking from the good side are very close to a match.
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