This past weekend, finished up the assembly of the repainted fenders and new grille. The right fender is a reproduction and definately does not fit as well as the original fender. This project is a refurbishment where the truck will be used as a truck, so not spending so much time making this perfect.
But, started on the hood. First thing was to put the crown back into the center spine...that worked out well. Next was removing old paint. The front corners had cracking paint so investigation turned up lots of body filler over previous damage. Further inspection indicated the curvature of the front corner was wrong. Template is of the other side. Now, I have to improve this rather than 3/8" of body filler. So, time to cut out some metal and weld in new pieces to get closer to the proper shape before reasonable amount of body filler. Ugh!
