Minor Repair Turns into Major Overhaul

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A funny thing happens when you start doing some small bodywork repairs. You begin looking at other areas of your truck that you have not been happy with and get the urge to do just a little more work. Well, my story began when a neighbor backed into my front passenger fender. I pulled off the fender and replaced it. But then I got the urge to remove the diamond plate that I put on years ago. When I did that, it reminded me of the shoddy rust repairs and bondo work I did years ago in these areas. I decided that I would clean up all of the old body work with straight, clean metal now that my welding has improved. One thing led to another and I have now replaced both front fenders, both outer rockers, both lower door skins, both rear quarter wheel arches, and the rear driver's tail light section. My neighbors think I'm crazy because to the untrained eye my Blazer had really nice paint and body and now it looks like a collection of various colored pieces. But now it is rust and bondo free, and that feeling is priceless. Some pics: