And then the same for the passenger side.
I'd welded up a hole on the top of the fender when I was cleaning up the inside. Never got around to grinding the bead down. Also appears that I missed some rust on the upper edge. | |
And also missed some on the lower edge. | |
The passenger door was in remarkably good shape. | |
Except up here where it looks like someone tried to chew on it. | |
The rocker panel, on the other hand, is well rotten. | |
In case you forgot about this dent (from 2005), it's still a dent. | |
Without paint, it remains dent-shaped. | |
In progress. | |
I have a memory of replacing the driver's side fender in front of the wheel, and after welding in the patch realizing that I'd failed to add the bend to the panel. Apparently I mis-remembered, and it was the pass side. The bondo here approached half-inch thick. | |
I chipped some free with a chisel. | |
Lots of pick marks around this seam. | |
Some rust holes around the patch (also need to cut the patch out and put one with the right bend in it) | |
... also the rear flange on that panel is just wrong. | |
These are not rust holes. They are, however, rust damage. Unsure how I'm going to deal with them. | |
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, that light is visible only through rust holes. | |
There's also some rust at the trailing edge of the pass rear - this would be covered by the bumper. | |
The tailgate closeout panel has definitely seen better days. Will be trying to straighten this some. | |
The General definitely didn't skimp on mounting holes for trim. These need welded up. | |
Lots of issues going on here. Start with the tailgate handle - it's dented in and poorly welded, also all the dark spots are low spots that need straightened. | |
There is rust right above the hinge, on both sides. I can't really get the wire brush attachment in here. |
Near as I can tell, the "correct" plan is:
so that's what I'm going to do.
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