Dolly-ed and bent fender to fit left hand side;  Cut fender brace to release stress;  Welded brace back together;  Welded fender to brace;  Grounded and shaped bottom fender mount hole, where fender mounts to rockers;  Worked with bottom arch on right hand fender;  Shaped and made ready to fit correctly;  Sent to paint;  Worked on right hand door;  Welded previous drill mounting holes closed for side mirror;  Welded gasket divider to bottom of door;  Made sure was primed before welding;  Made repair to door latch attachment holes in the end of the door; Welded hair line cracks and burr-grounded for camera case style finish;  Turned out very nice;  Worked on welding table some to get ready for left hand door repair;  Continued to do metal work on front rock deflector;  Tapped out bends and straightened dog ears;  Fabricated left hand dog ear and welded to reflector;  Shaped and made correct;  Nice repair;  Sent to paint for treatment.

Epoxy sprayed right hand door, made ready to send to paint; Spot primed rock deflector metal repairs, made ready to send to paint;  Sprayed light bucket right hand divider and screws, made ready to send to paint for black finish.

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Pre-fit both quarters once again;  Clamped left hand wheel well into place;  Double checked measurements;  Tack welded wheel well in on left hand side.

Mixed up epoxy primer for treatment;  Sprayed Biff’s right hand front apron battery tray;  Cleaned and prepped and sprayed battery tray bracket to be welded onto apron;

Sand blasted, prepped and cleaned sand from two front fenders and one left hand door; Sandblasted the little crooks and crannies that could be reached by previous blasting;  Sandblasted inside of door;  Made sure all rust removed on inside of door; Sandblasted the pinch welds, every nook and cranny behind the fender brace, under the fender brace and fender skin cracks;  Sandblasted behind the fender wheel roll;  Completely cleaned up any old paint, seam seal or primer;  Made ready for metal work and paint;  Cleaned up sandblasting area;

Continued to work on left hand fender;  Rolled pinch weld;  Pre-fit several times for line alignment;  Bent over pinch weld to shape and fit to rockers;  Note-  ran into problem with fender brace and the correct rolled arch of bottom of fender;  Worked on it several times for at least an hour, made some improvements, added some dents, will need to continue later;