Ok so.. i think that I am going to do this either way but would like to be sure there is no taboo I am stepping on...
My caddy was hit in the front passenger corner god knows how long ago... long before I owned it the first time for sure... It was pulled out and now is just rusting away in that corner.

it's worse that it looks when the grill is off but this is what I have at the moment:


look very closely at the side panel that the fender is mounted too near the crumpler.. you can see it was pulled out:




I scored a swallowtail nose that is cut off the front of the car about eight - ten inches back, basically to the beginning of the strut tower.

So, is there any reason I cannot just use the plasma on the panels that the fenders mount to, removing said crushed section, and just weld up the new nose bout 8 inches into the body?????

i don't think I explained enough.. I will be using the existing crumple zones and using the grill/side sections about 8" back from the other.., I will post a pic later.

pic's no worky