New project! The "Red Herring"

[JJorgensen52]

I'm doing good this week! Progress almost every day. Have I mentioned that the planned completion date for this truck is ~June 20th, to be delivered to my parents on the 26th

Anyways, first here's my cowl patch just arrived, and a shot of the tray on my truck showing why I needed to cut it out:


It's perforated pretty much the entirety of the rear lip, and into the front face of the cowl

Welded in a 16ga spacer/reinforcement to the mirror mount (on this side, the cowl doesn't sit flush to the support for some reason)


Patch welded in


And all cleaned up with mirror holes drilled/filed to shape as original

I did double check that the mirror fits, and I'm 99% there with the profile - I think it's close enough that the gasket will take up the difference.

Also, more goodies came today from the packagemen



***EDIT***

I tried running a bead on the driver's side A-pillar at the base where the seam is - turns out my truck's joints are brazed, not welded. Since I can't weld to brazing, what to do?? Should I grind it out and then weld, or shape a sheetmetal patch and weld it over the brazed joint? The latter seems like it would be likely to create a rust pocket. But I'm not too keen on the former...