Metal work and body preparation.     The firewall shows sign of a previous accident.  The firewall was straightened and the cracks  welded.  Afterwards a reinforcing plate was riveted to the backside where it will be hidden by the gas tank but will add much needed strength in the area.

The body was sprayed with epoxy primer and then dents were either bumped out using a hammer & dolly, or a shrinking disc.

The bottom set of pictures show how the original fenders were correctly repaired following inferior collision repair probably done in  the 1940s.