Started working the dents out when I noticed a problem. I could feel my heart sink when I saw this.
If you look closely above the latch you can see where the inner hood and outer skin are separated somewhat. And you can see how the inner hood is bent back in a spot where the previous repairer used a screwdriver to slip the skin back over the inner somewhat. The skin was pulling loose each time I pulled a dent with the stud gun. Only one way to fix this. And it's not easy.
I separated the inner hood and outer skin.
So on the plus side I will be able to work the hood completely out save for the odd spot where I might have a touch of 2 part glaze. Might not even require that. On the negative side no matter how careful you are when unfolding the skin, you do some additional damage that is not very easy to correct. Correctable yes but it takes hours and hours of hammer and dolly work to do so. And because I didn't feel like I could charge Dan for this, I am doing the majority of it at no charge.
When a Paint/Body guy tells you it is impossible to give a hard estimate, they only charge by the hour, stuff like this is the reason why. My overhead is low enough though to allow me to do stuff the level I want to even if I'm not always getting paid for it. It's a sickness.
Next up I will be posting pics of the hood and what I did to correct the damage and putting it back together again. And I'll show some more of the metal finishing on the various dings and dents all over the body. With any luck (Lord I need it) this car will literally have no more than one or two small spots with 2 part glaze and NO body filler. I have a long road to go before it's painted so we'll see how it goes.