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Took a break from the rear tail light housing and went to Arizona for a two week work-vacation. When I got back I decided to move on to a few more minor repairs on the body that were needed and circle back around to the tail light area later.

The first area that I addressed was the hood on the truck had 4 holes where someone had mounted a bug deflector and to remove the bowtie emblem and weld the holes shut. Had also removed the cowl when I took the front fender off so before it goes back on I needed to work the antenna opening with a hammer and dolly to fix where the metal was a little rippled. Continued on with working the front sheet metal for any dings and bumps with a hammer and dolly since I still had the inner fender well off. Also worked a small area on the cab above the passenger door where someone mounted a CB antenna. This area needed to be cleaned out really well and a template made so I can get the metal welded in and closed off. Then moved onto DA and long block sanding all the nicks and filler areas to get the front clip looking pretty close to where a guy could lay down some primer.