After pretty much hammering, pulling, pushing, cutting and welding, the fender started to take shape.

And after a while it actually turned out quite nice.

Filler and primer

A little Zink primer, Fiberglas filler, P100 filler and some more primer, and the fender looks allmost like nothing ever happend to it.

RUST!!!

After lettin the rotating wire brush loose on the Merc i realized that i had to dedicate many hours in the future to fixing rust...

Oh that rust!

I brought out the angle grinder with a cutting blade and started cutting out the rusty sheet, then i welded good sheet metall in place that i by the way took from a Mercedes hood that i picked up at the local scrapyard.

The left rear fender gets a little makeover.

Body work

There where lots of surface rust and dents here and there that had to be fixed.

The right front fender gets fixed

The fender was dismounted and the dents where fixed with simple methods.

Rust Rust Rust

Ouch!! God damn thats looking bad! (this is the right inner fender, where the battery sits.)

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The old rusty sheet was cut out and a new battery plate was welded in place.

The tracking (frontend), engine room and the whole undercarriage and frame got two coats of rust treatment paint.

I have allso fixed rust on the frame (even though i dont have pictures of that.)

The engine was put in place and the electical wiring was looked over.

The old 2 barrel Holly carberator was replaced with a 4 barrel Autolite carb.

I had some problems attaching the kickdown bar to the 4 barrel so i had to disassemble the 2 barrel carb and steal some parts from it to put on the Autolite.

(I have allso restored the heater box but i don´t have any pictures of that.)

The front section is sanded clean, primed and filled.