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| mramber |
 Mar 9 2014, 12:39 PM
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Hey all, I'm one year into owning my 73. I knew it had some rust, but I spent my first summer of ownership in denial so that I could focus on enjoying driving the car. Now that spring is approaching, I decided to go in and see just how bad things are. My first question is that my car doesn't have jack points, I assume that the po removed them. Second is the recommended repair approach. Both longs are solid from the rear until they get to the jack point area, then they are solid again up to the front. The passenger side also has rust at the very front. I'm thinking I can clean things up and weld in the Brad Mayeur kit. Thoughts? Comments?
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| SirAndy |
Mar 9 2014, 01:19 PM
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QUOTE(mramber @ Mar 9 2014, 11:39 AM)  I'm thinking I can clean things up and weld in the Brad Mayeur kit. Thoughts? Comments? That would be the second worst way to go about this. The worst way would be to fiberglass it over.I wouldn't drive that car just from looking at the pictures. If the longs are that bad, there will be more rust you haven't found yet. You *can* fix all this correctly using parts from RD but you better be damn good at welding, have the right tools and most of all, time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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mramber My rusted longs, experts chime in... Mar 9 2014, 12:39 PM
sfrenck You really should consider buying a rust free tub ... Mar 9 2014, 12:49 PM '73-914kid If you can weld, go ahead and fix that. The days o... Mar 9 2014, 01:10 PM
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The days of "rust free" West coast tubs... Mar 9 2014, 01:22 PM mepstein
The days of "rust free" West coast tub... Mar 9 2014, 01:49 PM mepstein First step is to look and read all the restoration... Mar 9 2014, 01:19 PM mramber Yes, I can weld and plan to do the repair myself. ... Mar 9 2014, 01:22 PM SirAndy From what I have read I'm leaning toward's... Mar 9 2014, 01:27 PM injunmort those area's need to be repaired (weld in repl... Mar 9 2014, 01:33 PM mramber
those area's need to be repaired (weld in rep... Mar 9 2014, 05:33 PM rick 918-S The longs will need to be repaired before the Brad... Mar 9 2014, 06:06 PM mramber
The longs will need to be repaired before the Bra... Mar 9 2014, 06:11 PM rick 918-S
[quote name='rick 918-S' post='2008459' date... Mar 9 2014, 07:08 PM CptTripps That's a DEEP repair. Holy cow.
I know of a r... Mar 9 2014, 07:15 PM 914ltd My chassis repair panel set is not a Band-Aid. I h... Mar 9 2014, 08:47 PM mramber I hate D-con! I'm cutting in to see how b... Mar 14 2014, 06:22 PM |
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