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It would be good to see some photos.
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Ok might as well get some practice.
I bought the old girl 2 years ago.
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the bloke I bougt it off said" the floors have been fixed" .Yeh ,fixed with sheetmetal over the rust with pop rivets!!
All four floor corners were similar
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Ok ,Ive never done any bodywork or sheetmetal before ,so after looking at sites like this one and a few others I decided to go ahead with the project
Heres how the floor looked about half way through
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Ok ,now on to the rear 1/4
Pieces brazed over the rust,niiiiiiiiiiice!
Then bog is applied,lots of bog!Ignore the date Its wrong!
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So I cut all the crap out, bent the sheet using a stump,mallets ,elbow grease etc.I then welded it all in using flux cored wire in the mig!!!!
Didnt do my homework did I , I will get some gas for my next repair ,I just wanted to see if it could be done with flux core.It can but its a fine line between blowing holes and not. Eventually I will get an oxy and try to learn the old school way
I now realize I should have bought an oxy set before the mig.
Anyway this is what it now looks like
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the repaired area
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and one more
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I may try a shrinking disk on this panel as It appears to have had a previous repair ,disregarding the rust ones.
I did some shrinking with a propane torch on the area in front of the bead/swage and it improved the area a lot.
Good car to learn on, 48 years of repairs to fix!
I wonder if a stainless saucepan lid would do as a shrinking disk?
Anyway enough from me,I know photos are appreciated here and I will post some more when I attack the other side.
Hooroo
Brendan