Time for that nose job

I have decided to continue sorting out some of the bodywork on my MkI 2000 and I am part way through a fairly major job, replacing the front nose cone panel. In 2006 the previous owner hit a deer during the CT RBRR, resulting in this.



but when it arrived, the car looked something like this



so I wanged in some metal from a Dolomite door skin to get it roadworthy.



Fortunately when I bought the car, it came with a spares front end, which has already donated parts of it's wings to this car and now has donated the complete nose cone panel



After much deliberation and wielding of the angle grinder, the old nose cane was removed, you can see from the pic below the blue of the old Dolomite door.



After a few hours spent cleaning off both the replacement panel and the car, it was ready for tacking on after a coat of zinc rich primer where I would not be able to paint after welding



And this is where we are tonight, blending in the new panel, removing dents and preparing for paint, which I hope to have done by the weekend