Hell Hole Repair, even a rusted out motor mount! Options

[McMark]

I just finished up the rust repair on a car for a member. Thought ya'll might like to see. This car had a rusted out motor mount. I've seen rust behind the motor mounts on both six cylinder conversions where we removed the 4 cylinder mounts. I'm pretty sure that a good number of cars have rust behind the mounts. Not a big deal usually but this car the rust had come through the mount and left a gaping hole. So it had to go.

Here is the area once the engine shelf and the motor mount had been removed.
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There were three areas that needed attention on this car. Nice clean cuts are the key to a nice repair. Rust converter was applied liberally and then weld through primer.
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Zap Zap Zap. Everything is in place. Used a mount bar to make sure the mount went in the right place.
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Now comes the battery tray. This baby is welded in TIGHT!
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And finally comes paint!!! The car already had pretty nice paint, so we just did the affected area.
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Another car DONE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Who's next!

[tiim5]

Mark is currently doing the restoration work on my 73' 1.7. The car had sat for 12 years with blankets on it in the weather with the predictible results. Mark repaired the rust damage including a masterful hell hole repair. Several layers of paint were removed, different colors from po's taste, the car will be painted by Mark and Brandon its original Zambezi green. Mark is also a very experienced and skilled mechanic. he is doing a clutch job, rebuilding all calipers, upgrading cables, brakelines and will do the rebuild upgrade on my motor when the time comes. I highly reccomend any club member who is thinking about getting some work done to contact Mark he knows his stuff! I'll get some pics posted of the progress if anyone is interested, Mark has a website with some photos of the work on my car. Thes guys are fantastic!