Today's job was to weld in the back panel/valence assembly. This ties into several body panels and frame members, so getting them all to cooperate took a lot of adjustments, pulling stretching, bumping and squeezing. And then the rear hatch has to close with a good panel gap line. After I settled on the alignment that I wanted, using clamps to hold it together, the outlines of the weld flanges from the various body parts are scribed onto the backside. Then I could remove it to see where to strip the primer and drill the spot weld holes.
Welding done, and rough grinding of the bumps completed.
After further dressing down of the welds it gets sanded to see what's left to do. Almost there.
These joints were smoothed with lead filler at the factory. Later rubber
bumper MGBs didn't bother to smooth this joint because it was hidden
behind the rubber bumper.
There are weld ripples due to the heavy clamping force I had to use to get the flanges into position for welding. Most of this will be hidden behind the bumper, but I'll still need to use a little filler here and there.
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