 Sealing the seams, Joint between the fender and the cowl |
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| 2-OH! |
 Nov 17 2003, 02:28 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 17-October 03 From: Santa Clarita, Kalifornication Member No.: 1,253  |
On a previous teener (about 20 years ago,) before I had it painted, I had the seams in front of the windshield between the cowl and the fender welded over and then just painted. It looked great, got rid of another place for rust to start and eliminated another piece of worthless plastic trim.
Unfortunately, I sold the car two years later and so I don't know the long term outcome of the process. Has anyone else done this little bit of work. The present restoration project has some rust in that seam on both sides and when I cut it out, I plan to just weld them shut and paint over. Any thoughts.... 2-OH! |
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| davep |
Nov 17 2003, 02:59 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,288 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
Very early cars came that way; 914/4 to 444 and 914/6 to 52 or something like that. So roughly 500 cars. Then the factory thought better of it, probably for ease of repair. I've seen it done several times. Looks okay, but as you said, I don't know how well it lasted.
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2-OH! Sealing the seams Nov 17 2003, 02:28 PM
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