Day 10 of work on Palomino Filly

Today I tackled the front end of the pup! I found a place where I could get tred/diamond cast aluminum so I bought a 4x8 sheet of .063 and brought it home. I used a metal cutting blade for my skill saw and cut it down to size. Then using a rubber mallet and a 2x4 I pounded the angle for it to cup around the bottom so I could attach it with screws underneath.

Whoever owned it prior to me had their vehicle throw something up from their rear tires and put a half dollar size whole in the front. They had filled it but it was a pretty bad patch job. So I wanted to avoid this happening again.

After molding the bottom to go between the frame and body I decided rather than keeping the same contour and angles of body that I wanted to round it out. I don't think it makes it more aero dynamic but that sound good so we'll just say that's why I did it :-)

I attached it at the top with screws and the lug bolt holding the wheel for the bed to roll out on. I will replace the top cap trim piece and seal it tomorrow. Now this created the look I liked but it created a void open on the sides. So I filled the void with expandable foam insulation. While that was drying I cut pieces of the aluminum to wrap around the sides and cover the void.

The pieces are cut out and so as soon as the foam has dried and cured for a day I'll Apache them and seal it up! I'll post as soon as I do the work and it is finished in the next couple of days.