Building up

I have a philosophy that it's smart not to cut the whole car to pieces before weldig it up again. Therefore it was satisfying to spend an evenening with the welder at last. My goal is to save as much as possible from the original car, instead of turning it into a danish "Veng-car". It didn't take much time before I saw the results of that. Welding into metal that containes small spots of rust, is not easy. The welded parts will probably not be as solid as new, but on the other hand didn't Wolfsburg treat the body against rust attacks. So with "nearly as new" welding, and modern chemical treatment, the car will last at least 50 years more. Being a "freshman" on welding, quite a few lessons were learned the first evening =)

Crackers

Removing the other front fender was quite easy, because most of the bolts followed the feder off the car. This side had the original cloth band between the fender and body. This side looked a lot worse, and some more extensive repair work is needed here. The picture show what needed to be cut out for a beginning, but the whole area underneath the fender mounting zone is all eaten up.
With good tools and a good attitude, this should be fun welding up =)