Continued stripping of the hood, and took old winch off the front.

So it continues, another lesson in MANY layers of pain on the other half of the hood, and hidden rust underneath. So that big piece is done.

I already primed the fender under the hood, and the side edge, since I was finishing the front fender as well. Man that's a lot of work, or it's just too dang hot in Arizona to do body work in July.

Here is the remainder of the driver side front fender, cleaned up and primed. I have a big whacking dent in that front fender, I had to pry out a piece of bondo about as big as an egg. Don't know what to do about that yet, but will sand it clean and prime it for now. As well the small body piece under the fender, that connects it to the wheel flare, is loose and beat up. Will have to bend and reattach that.

Thinking about taking off the bumpers to get to everything in the grill

I unbolted that damn heavy winch that was on the front. It has a nice platform, 3/8th inch thick, welded well to the frame. I have a Badlands winch (big one) that was on sale, and it is still a little smaller than the huge one I took off that was a mess.

I think I will weld up the holes in the steel platform in the picture, and then weld the base plate onto that so it's a little wider. then redrill new mounting holes for the new winch and fairlead. that should look pretty good.