Unsure how the time got away from me that badly. I've not been in the garage much over the last couple-three months but here's a delayed posting of what I did accomplish since July.

	Used the stud welder to pull out the dent.  It left holes.
Used heat to shrink the peaks that the stud welder created - but as soon as I applied a wet rag to the high points, they caved in again. Tried multiple rounds of this.
	So you get some filler.
Took the doors off; I can't get these philips head screws out though... but I did already get replacements for when I do..
	Relatively sure that I replaced these ball joints in 2009, but with 0 miles on them the boots are shot.  The single-stage paint didn't hold up well neither.  These will get sandblasted and redone.
These brake hoses also didn't hold up well.
	Also the hardline is broke.
Motor is next.
	All these items are pending sandblast and repaint.  That's going to be a spring project, I can't paint in the cold (such as "cold" is here in Texas)
Motor out, started stripping the firewall.  Don't much care for the way this paint held up neither.
	This rust damage will need to be repaired.

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