Welding fender bolt inserts onto the wheel wells

New front apron after weld

Welding is something that I haven't mastered. It's hard to find training and while it looks easy on Youtube, welding is fundamentally hard for me. But, it is something that I'm glad to have partial grasp of.

New front apron clip before weld

I tried to tackle welding 

in the new front apron. I successfully sliced off the old piece, but had no idea how to weld in the new piece. My lack of knowledge of geometry, welding and body work became overwhelmingly evident. That's why I'm glad to have had a referral to a skilled and affordable welder.

Since then I have aggressively tackled welding in bolt receiver inserts into the 

New bolt inserts

fender wells. The prior owners used various bolt, washer and nut combinations to secure fenders where the old bolt receivers have rusted or otherwise popped out. Now I have barbarically welded them in. My challenge is the smaller holes left as the new inserts were not as large as the vacant holes. I may fill these in with putty or attempt to weld in small pieces of sheet metal or spot weld with a copper spoon. Either way I am closer to being finished.

I've sanded down the trunk are and just need to smooth out dents, dings and wrinkles that the apron replacement did not cover. My plan is to do a coat of black primer followed by grey. After sanding, the entire area should be black. Any grey areas will indicate low areas that need to be brought out.