Victory!! Drivers side was a huge success. Made some additional cuts and bent things a tad different and I have about an inch of clearance now. Need to buy new fender liners so it doesn't look so bad but I'm happy for now.
The light gray inner fender support on the right of the first two pics was what was holding me up. Bent that back tight and got the bottom lip folded up further, and then cut, molded and riveted that 22g sheet metal to some lips I left.