These four holes in the tailgate are likely for a spare mounting bracket. I'm not going to do that (I'll probably mount mine on the full roll cage that I'll have built later). Unfortunately, two of the holes are on the W and the S stamped into the tailgate, which bother me. I wanted to do my best to make those blemishes nonexistent.
I started with the back, which I'm less concerned with.
The holes were large enough to warrant small patches.
The initial welds were, as usual, ugly.
Once the weather turned nice, I went outside to work on the grill and radiator mount. Here's what I started with.
The stock replacement for a Ford V8 radiator doesn't fit the opening and will be too close to the fan itself. But I'm going to use this radiator because it has the capacity to cool the 260.
To start the modification, I blew apart the spot welds.
My initial plan was to use the flanges, folding them away from the radiator to allow the radiator to bolt to it.
I made the amateur mistake of filling in my welds before knowing if it was going to work.
This was a hole that needed to be filled. I just used my cooper "spoon" and welded up against it.
In the end, most of this work was a waste of time. Live and learn.
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