Mother’s Day Update!!!
Whip out your razorblade folks, it’s time for a shave 
So, originally I was going to put the car on a rotissarie to replace the frame rails. But because I’m cutting the the rails AND floors out now, there was no need to flip it over, so I decided to go ahead and finish up shaving the bumper today.
Damn glad I didn’t use the bumper mounts to hold the weight. Theses things were rusted to shit!
Left side. Pulled the bumper mounts out and tossed 'em. Then made a template. This is where I ended up making a TON more work for myself. Pics below…
Cut out.
Welded in. See those tiger scratches. Yeah. I had to friggin mangle the piece to shape it right because I gave it a rough shape before putting it in. Right after I spent 2 hours doing this I finally discovered why it was such a pita to fit right. At the very bottom of the bumper, it curves inward at about a 35 degree angle, like a reverse lip. I put that lip in the new piece before I welded anything in. Bad idea. It prevented me from bending the metal along the bottom in the other direction. Lesson learned. The right side took about 1/4 of the time to complete, and even came out better.
Right side ready to go. Forgot to take a pic of it cut out, but you get the idea.
Left side done , after grinding, grinding, and more grinding. Blah!
Right side done. Piece of friggin cake
Pure beauty. I Love it! I have a rinky dink hole left that i’ll patch up in 15 min, but after spending 4 hours just on that left side, and under an hour on the right, I was done for the day
