C60L tailgate fabrication

[Harry Moon]

I hung the basic sheet on the truck and got a sense of how to make what I call the hangers. Used an Oxy/Acetaline torch to heat up a piece of 2" by 3/8ths bar stock and bent it in the vice, curve looks pretty much the same as the original. My luck with welding didn't hold up as the wire spool ran out and was feeding irregularly before it ran out and I'm a little slow at figuring out what was happening with the stuttering feed.
After fitting and welding I ground the welds and edges smooth and finished with some 80 grit sandpaper to smooth out all the edges as these surfaces see a lot of hands.