Fuel filler patch

[Fenhold]

I'm way behind on posting updates on the 52 five window I'm building, but I'm really happy with this and thought I'd share. This is my first attempt at a patch on an actual visible body panel so I wanted to see if I could get it "paint ready" without any filler. I have an obnoxious attention to detail coupled with self doubt so things like this keep me up at night. My main concern was getting both sides of the cab the same exact shape. I started with drawing out a grid on both sides of the cab with lines 1/2" apart. I checked the pass side against the drivers side with a profile gauge and it showed what I was hoping it wouldn't. When the filler hole was punched out it distorted the panel and thus had a completely different radius. I used a variety of body dollies to bump the panel out to match the drivers side. Once it was close I set some really strong Neodymium (rare earth) magnets at the edge of the filler opening and set a piece of sheet metal on the inside. Even though the steel was flat (and thus touching in the corners only)the field from the magnets held it while I used my champion dolly to bump the patch piece close to the shape of the cab. Once It was close I used a Sharpie and scribe to mark the cut line.