I feel the end of painting weather getting nearer and nearer. This weekend would have worked except too many things kept me away from the car.
I lost several days recovering files from a crashed system for a friend. It was his business computer and all of his chemical formulas for his business was on the computer and naturally he didn't have a backup. In his case, if the files couldn't have been recovered he would have been out of business.
I mention this because I get requests frequently to recover family pictures and other data from crashed computers. Usually there is not a happy outcome. The data is totally lost or the cost to recover the data is too high. Just saying, back up your important pictures and other data. USB thumb drives are cheap.
Why you shouldn't leave open boxes of peanuts around. My 19 year old cat made a mess and decided to sleep in the box.
I got the flood damaged hood hinge repaired. I used electrolysis to remove the rust, then painted it with a light gray paint. Not quite the same color as the other hinge, but it your weren't looking you probably wouldn't notice.
After getting the car back together, the bumper had some gap problems. First the car didn't go back together quite the same as before. Second I had almost no gap between the bumper and the fender when I had it mocked up. It seemed that maybe there should be more of a gap, so I took Paul at Fast's advice and set the gap to 1/16". His advice is to shoot for a minimum of 1/16" and a max of 1/8". As you can the hood doesn't mate well and the bumper touches the fender at one place when adjusted for a 1/16" gap.
The contour didn't exactly match the hood, so I decided to reshape the top of the bumper, I also added a little bit to close the gap a little at the wide point. The gap is much better.
I sanded the gap at the fender. A metal filler spreader with a piece of adhesive backed sand paper does wonders when working on the gap.
First time the inner fenders have been installed since the car was taken apart. Also have have the hood springs installed.
I started on a light sanding on the entire car with 600 grit sand paper. Also feathering the paint edge where the car has been jammed. Still have about 1/2 of the car to do. In a day or two I can prime the bumper. I want to make sure the epoxy filler has cured well before priming. If all goes well the car will be ready for paint by next weekend.