For a bit of a change, I decided to make a start on the front valance panel. I had two of them with the truck, one bent like a banana and one that was full of holes. I picked the one that was the straightest, and spent a while bending it roughly back into shape. I also wanted to fill the bumper slots, so the rusty one became a donor for repair patches and filling it in.

After carefully cutting out the damaged bumper slot, I used that as a template for a piece from the donor, and after a lot of slow and careful welding it was filled in with very little distortion. A quick run over with the flap disk, and it was pretty much ready to go. It needs a fair bit of reshaping to get the rest of the dents out, but I’m happy with the result. I’ll do the other side when I’m fed up of doing something else!