End of the Line on 1957 Hood Refurbishment

Yesterday I determined the 1957 hood is damaged beyond my ability to repair it so I decided to stop working on it and return to the 1959 hood refurbishment. Unfortunately I have $200 worth of bead blasting and probably 6 hours of work into it already that I am going to have to walk away from. My inner voice is telling me I am wasting my time going any further and to have it professionally repaired would be very cost prohibitive. The issue I am dealing with are dents that have been caused by the hood being closed on something in the engine compartment so the dents protrude outwards instead of inward like hail damage etc...very hard to repair properly..

I did a 400 grit wet sand on the '59 hood. I will need to put on another coat of primer for build purposes and an additional wet sanding to get it ready for paint. Not perfect it will be "fit for purpose" for my driver status car.....