My rusted longs, experts chime in..., rusted longs Options

[mramber]

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?

[injunmort]

those area's need to be repaired (weld in replacement panels) regardless of a stiffeneing kit. read jeff hails Brining out the dead" that is a critical "hinge area of the unibody and the factory used multiples layers of steel through there to reinforce it. though it may not look that bad from the outside, there is a lot more going on that you cant see and needs to addressed. I am doing the same now on my 1972.