A quick look at the front panel

After the trial fitting of the wheel arch I decided that I should look at what needs doing to the front (hopefully not a lot) as the little panel to the side of the deformation/bumper mounting panel was shot. I cut this back leaving enough to fabricate some replacements but got to wondering about the state of the seam that connects the bottom of the front panel to the top of the deformation panel.

I had a few minutes spare last night so took the grinder to it to see where the metal was. I don't know why I was surprised but the grinder met very little resistance and spewed a great white cloud of dust. St David of Isopon had been again. I ground along about a foot of the seam in the middle and it transpired that the front panel was no longer connected to the deformation panel and the lipped seam was mainly constructed from filler.

Oh well, there is at least another £150 worth of panels that need to be sourced