rear tail light metal repair

[landarts]

Working on getting a 70 K10 ready to sell and have a few metal repair areas to address. One area was the driver's side rear tail light assembly and back bottom apron were damaged beyond repair. I have over the years purchased a few spare beds to use for parts to repair these beds when needed. The tail light pocket was smashed in and had been worked on previously before I bought the truck from me finding the areas of filler and drilled pull holes. The tail light assembly area has an angled area surrounding the lens. This area was turned in and not visually showing when the light lens was installed.

So the plan of attack was to replace this area as well as the bottom apron in one shot. After some careful measuring and using certain methods of transferring the same cut lines to a good bedside I had, I began to cut everything with a 4.5" grinder. After getting everything cut on both beds tried to put a few welding clamps that I usually use and that was not successful so I moved on to plan B. Pulled out the Cleco pins and got them ready and then thought would it be possible to hang them with some tape. It actually worked and that is the way I went to get a few tacks on the panel.

Pict 1- shows how the angled rim was all turned in and not really present
Pict 2- shows the other damage on the side, the bottom portion was smashed upward and folded inward
Pict 3- shows the part used for replacement