1969 Custom/10 clean up

[Steve-W]

Now moving along, I could use some guidance: the top of the bedsides are very rotten.

for me this is great practice for my welding skills, but it's double sheeted metal (I hope I described it the right way) so actually, I have no clue where to start. here are some pictures:





the pockets are all in reasonable shape



I can buy complete replacement side panels, (I haven't seen any repair sections?) but that's the easy way out, and over budget so I hope you guys can give me some pointers