Forming the Right Side Inner Front Fener

I needed to make a form to allow me to transfer the shape of the radius of the inner left front fender to the inner right. I made a card board template of the left side...

...test fit it to the right side...

...then transfered the paper pattern to a piece of 3/4" plywoo.d that will become the form

While cleaning up the areas I'll be working on, I noticed some bondo repairs to the area around the fresh air intake.

So I straightened it up....

 ...aligned it...

 ...and welded in place.

Now I can get back to forming the lip. I clamp my form in place...

 

 ...and begin bending each tba over the form.

 

Once all of the tabs have been bent I weld them in place.

 

..and clen up the welds.

 I go back inside and finish weld the rest of the repair.

 

The lip has a small cut out in it. I'm not sure what purpose it serves, but it must do something, so I make another pattern to transfer its shape & location to the right side.

Pattern in place...

..right side ready for primer!

 At this point I primer coated the repairs and after the primer dried test fit the front apron to the repair.

It fit beautifully!!

Another headache solved!!

Fabricating the Left Inner Frint Fender Lip

Now that the lowe inner front panel has been installed, I can determne the proper line I need to replace the missing left front inner fender. I start by making a paper pattern of the piece of metal I'll need for the patch.

Transfer it to a piece of sheet metal, cut it out and form it.

Then I tack it i place 

...and work it in to the existing piece.

Left side done!

...now on to the right side

 The right side was a little trickier, as there was little left to work from.

I cut awy the rot until I rearched good base metal.

 Then made a pattern of the left side repair we just completed.

I trimmed the pattern and fit it to the right side toestablish the line i needed.

From there I as able to make a pattern of the replacement piece of sheet metal.

I cut out the piece and slotted the radius to allow me to bend it and form the lip that the inner fender seal will attach to.

Tack the patch in place....

Weld the outboard side bracket to it.

 ...and finish welding in place

Replacing the Front Inner Panel, Lower

I was going to salvage this section, but decided to replace it when I realized that I didn't have any reference lines left to locate and define the shape of the front apron and nose.

The existing panel was removed....

...cleaned up & straightened

The new pnel was fit into place....

 ...and the areas to be welded cleaned up.

I aligned the panels...

...and spot welded the top of the panel in place.

I had to do some patching on the sides where the inner fender met the panel

 Replaced & primered.