So busy weekend. If I was a "shop" my customer would have paid $1,000 for fender repairs... for one fender
Had a fun learning curve weekend... rule #1, never cut two things apart at the same time that shouldn't be... like the fender skin AND the brace, or vice versa.
So when I decided to replace the rear brace (something I wasn't planning on) I was tacking stuff together when I thought... maybe I should check this against the door. I mean I measured, stuff looked OK, but I thought the fender was pulling in too much, which is when I went out to the shed to grab my door.
That's when I had an "oh ****" moment. It didn't match. I was off by like 1/4". The fender was "sucked in" at the bottom. I used a set of pliers and kept pushing it out until it matched the door. That left me with one hell of an ugly gap to fill...
It's a little hard to tell in the pics, but the door and fender were like they were made for each other.
So let that be a lesson to you kiddies, measure 15 times, cut once, screw up, cut again, repeat.
Also, I didn't put that rusty mess back in, everything got thoroughly wire wheeled, rust killer, epoxy or weld through primer depending on location, and I'll go back and wire wheel the whole inner fender area, rust kill, and coat with rust encapsulator.
As you can see in the last pic, I also had to remake the fender roll...