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I started on repairing the inner wheelhouses at the lower rear of the wheelwells.
I cut patches for both sides and got the one on the d/s shaped and welded in.

Here are the areas that need patches. I showed photos of this area a while back when I made the cuts:





Paper templates:



D/S patch in place and tacked:



Ready for finishing off:



I also started digging in to the fender rust some. I removed the patches that were spot welded onto the outside of the rust holes. Looked like a good quality spot welder was used. That was interesting and so was the fact they mixed in small portions of the patch by brazing. Again, I wonder what body school taught those procedures!





I made cuts and wire brushed the braces.





As I had mentioned before, I bought patch panels for these areas.
Those panels included a section of the brace already attached too. The panels look pretty decent but the braces don't. They are a much thinner gauge than the original braces are and I'm thinking about not using them and make patches from proper gauge sheetmetal to graft into the originals where they are rusted out.

Here's the other side of the rusted out braces: