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12/23/24: I started back on the drivers side patch. It’s been pretty cold here for the last few days with night time temps below zero and daytime temps around 12°. My garage was 28°when I started, and my compressor traps were frozen. I broke out my mapp gas torch and thawed out the traps before I did anything.

I decided that I needed to expand the patch due to some pin holes that were disguised by a small amount of plastic left by the sand blaster. I sure wish I had noticed before I cut the first patch.

I complete adding the new patch and finished welding and grinding both patches smooth. I used the old running board stiffener that I had removed from the fender as a template and fabricated two. I punched a few holes in the stiffener, sprayed some. weld thru primer on the stiffener and fender then plug welded it into place. The stiffener doesn’t appear to be located quite right so I’ll wait until I install the running board to drill the last hole.