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I feel you pain on the welds. I am not building a Concourse car so I just blended the 2 panels with filler. As for the welds.... it sucks and everything are running into is what I ran into. I went through 2 1/2 #3 tanks of Argon mix with SPOT welds!! It's a PITA.

I cheated a bit. I did a spot weld just a bit inside of the gap on both sides to build sum material base, then I connected those spot welds with a stitch and while it was still hot I gave it a whack with a body hammer to recess it a little. Then I ground the weld down and went over it again, repeating the hammer process. When done grinding the 2nd (sometimes 3rd) time, I use very little filler to finish everything up.

Step away, take a break and cool down. It's so gratifying when done.
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