I simply go to the wreckers armed with a specially made chisel for this task and hack a lump out of the flanks of the nearest 626. We aim only to take this from damaged 1/4 panels ... a swift kick soon means we have a suitable donor....

This is what we are deleting- lovely isn't it?

After making a cardboard template from the trimmed piece from the wreckers, I transfer this to the 1/4 panel. Using the thin 1mm cut off wheel I trim inside the line first. this allows for minor repositioning once I have cut the original out.

Inskirt view of the inner brace wich I have already trimmed to allow the new fuel box to sit in place. What the factory used to fill the gaps was tar and rags.
Very common with wagons and commercials.

Devoid of paint and rust after a quick seeing to inside the blast cabinet. This is the trimmed piece complete with filler box still attached.

Oxy welding with the HENROB torch the new piece is fitting just nicely.

The heat spot is glowing red and the hammering is forging the weld whilst its still very malleable.

After all the hammering, heat shrinking and beating into submission has been thought to be sufficient, I am leadwiping a thoroughly tinned surface . Lead is being applied here.

Lead being paddled. The trick is to have the right amount of heat and get it to stay on instead of all falling off the panel.