Triumph TR3-Rear Valance Work-Part 6

Success yesterday....the right hand side patch panel is now fabricated and trial fitted. Looks good. There is a small amount of trimming to undertake and reconstruction of the flange piece that holds on the rear fender (the lower portion is rusted)....I estimate another hour or two to wrap things up on the right side.

I took a long straight edge and made sure the right hand panel lined up to the center piece ( I have clamped everything together with vise grips and screws). Today I will trial fit the left hand patch panel again then open up the garage door and step back ten feet or so and make sure everything looks good from a distance then final assembly with panel adhesive (and sealer), a skim coat of filler where needed and a primer coat then I can move on to finishing off the small patch panels by the rear of the doors on both sides. Then my attention moves to the mechanical work....

Note: in a well funded full restoration the complete back valance would be replaced. I priced out the panel last year and if I recall I found one for $800. Far outside the "reconstruction" budget. Yesterday I estimated I have about 20 hours in the reconstruction of the panels. It would not have been worth paying someone to do the work-buying the panel would have been the appropriate path forward vrs paying a third party to fabricate.