And... the issues start.... The nose cone has been fun... At first glance it looked pretty good... possibly too good for a 45 year old nose cone on a shitty panelvan...

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However, when I started stripping it, a lot of surface rust again. No issue really, but the lower nose cone had been covered in around a centimetre of bog... when this was stripped back, it was clear it was dented up big time. My major issue here was that there were substantial dents and gouges on the three mould lines there... so I decided I needed to get out the hammer and dolly and get stuck in. Just wanted to get it back to it's original lines (close enough), so the repair I do later is just a skim of filler, not a truckload...

So after about an hour or so of panel work it got a lot closer...

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OK, then moving on, one of the bumper bar support eyebrows had the usual rust behind it, not bad, but worth doing. So drilled out the spot welds..

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Ground back both the eyebrow mould and the panel behind and sprayed both in weld-thru primer prior to welding

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Just a simple plug weld refit and all done.

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Then rub it all back again, the usual wire wheel etc etc and in etch primer... Another one down....

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