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12/31/24: I finally finished the bodywork on the two rear fenders. I don’t know why it seemed so hard to get these in prime but it was and it only took twelve days and about four coats of Bondo. I was thinking since these were rounded fenders it should be easy. Boy was I wrong but they are finally done.

The weather in upstate NY has been cooperating nicely with temps above freezing, so working in the garage was not bad. The plan today was to get the garage heated enough so I could prime. The priming went on nice and smooth now that I figured out the proper technique. Par for the course, a couple of spots needing additional work were revealed when I applied prime, but with three coats of high build prime it should not be much of an issue. We’ll see in the spring so it’s on to the hood!