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[JTR70]

Socket hole is slightly smaller but no clearance issues with it or the boot.
Right side metal work chores completed.
Moving back over...

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Marker light holes.
Original T2 reference. Elongated mounting holes at the 3 and 9 o'clock position for the later stand -off pedestals. The center...

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Looks like we're missing a spring down low there. Are you happy with how the bores are looking? Nothing more unpleasant than working on a car remotely...

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Last confirmation fit after all the welding. Horn clears the bucket and battery box.
Horn sits level...
and is centered in the window....

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Looks nice in that black paint. Interesting interior, Late version front seats and looks like the rear seat pan was replaced with a later T5/T6 version...

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Right fender brace installation complete.
Gas weld around the neck of the conduit sealing up the bucket. Leaving the plug welding around the headlight...

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Conduit tube in for good.
Last of the excess being cut clean and square with my trusty cutter.
Then flared the end as found originally....

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Conduit bender fab
Watched several videos on making your own tubing bender. Followed their lead and made my own shoe or profile die from a piece...

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Before I committed to the first plug weld I stuck some spacers in that tighter area to make sure it didn't close back up on me.
Prepping the conduit...

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A definite recurring theme here John. Looks very straight forward but you'll know for sure once you get your hands on it. Thanks for sharing it....

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Right bucket reinstallation:

Picked and filed the top of the weld joint at the fender to nose to a point where I now longer needed direct...

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Thanks a lot for that comment Scott. I know with all that you've been through with your project that you can appreciate fully what has gone into getting...

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Agree, little side projects like this are a great distraction and helps to keep the motivation and progress going forward. Especially the monotonous...

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Its lines are improving with each pass Scott. You must be getting very excited. Love that front quarter shot of it; its looking good!

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Front bumper work continued:
Wire wheeling the previous bodywork back a little further. The thickness was at a totally acceptable level but the...

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Bumper body work
Chased this as far as I can for now. Time to dismount the bumper again pull it apart and finish up the surface of it.
Back...

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Overall front end confirmation:
The final location of the holes was dictated completely by the mounted and set strut tubes; the only concern was...

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Ready to punch the final holes for the strut tubes.
Some additional fine adjustments as this continues but the bumper is 95% fitted to this cars...

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Put in a proper capture nut this time around but first a quick bath in acid to get take care of this residual rust.
Repositioning so it ends up...