Posted by Tom Bowman on March 19, 2014 at 06:58:47 from (108.247.41.46):
turned out OK:
It won't be a show tractor, but that's not what I was going for! :)
I had it sandblasted, as it was too hard to get to all the nooks and crannies with a wire brush.
My welding shop didn't claim to be a body shop, but the grill and fenders ended up looking pretty good. (The "before and after" on the fenders wasn't quite this dramatic, and I didn't have the fenders sandblasted. They had some holes and dents that needed to be repaired, and are still going to have some "character" when completed.)
I've never used body filler before, but I got some to use on the small cracks left from the welding repairs on the grill and fenders. (I'm not going to try to level out all of the uneven spots, dents, etc.)
I was ready to buy new fenders and grill a year ago, but the folks on the board said to fix 'em - I glad I took your advice.
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