and the new part in place
#2

#3

#4

last one
have a nice weekend

Your work is stunning! Thanks for posting all the great pics! Keep them coming!

wow and i was all happy cuz i welded up one hole!!!!

this is one of the best step by step rust repair topic threads I have come across! great work! I hope this ends up in the classics.

Keep those pics comin!

Fabulous work !!!

You're an inspiration !

Thanks together for the flowers.
These cars are realy inspirating ,
Wish i could work the whole day at it. Unfortunately must have a job to buy all the nice restoration stuff und some beer

I hate the winter in germany. It`s just to cold to go to the garage.
Can`t wait for springtime

what was your cost of materials?
thanks for teh inspiring pictures

Awesome thread . I am in the middle of a very similar repair (see pic) and I found your posts very interesting and informative. As daunting a job as this can be, I'm finding it to be more fun than I've had in a long time.

I'm not going for a show car in the end, just a driver so I'm making most of my patches instead of buying them. To ensure adequate strength when I'm finished I'm installing the Mayeur stiffening kit.

Thanks for sharing.

Driver's side nearly done. Not as much initial damage.

Havn´t count the total amount till now.
Big parts were
AA Repairpanel 245,- $ plus shipping plus duty for germany (complete 330,- Euro)
a pair nos outer longitudinal 55,- Euro (approx. 60$)
a pair new door sills 75,- Euro
mig-welder, bottle of gas 300,- Euro
can weldable primer 25 euro
can epoxy primer 29 Euro
pice sheet metal 15 Euro
some standard tools like hammer, angle-grinder, etc.
and much much time, but its a funny thing to work at the car and see it getting healthy again.

hey another one on the rescue

Iwill also install a stiffening kit. I ordered engmann´s very nice parts.
i forgot to list this parts in the former thread 157,- Euro for the parts plus shipping and duty.

Have fun with your restotation an alway head up

Absolutely incredible work!

Hi guys,
this winter sucks. -7 °C no fun to work in the garage.
Here is a pic from some minor progress. Unfotunately i ran out of (welding) gas, half the work done.
That give me some time to clean upparts of the floor pan.

Next weekend welding goes on (hope so)

sorry for the bad quality, got the wrong pic!

This one should be better.

and here is the rigt side fllor ready to get treated with some rust protective stuff (por15)

I love following this thread!

Hey
Amazing thred...just did my tub with Por15 yesterday !!
I spoke with the distributor about this product... I bought the whole kit, Marine clean (amazing cleaner), Metal ready, Por15, Por sealer, Por pre-primer - etcher stuff, I forget the name. I have a friend that works with a "special" industrial paints, and he swears up and down that I must use the whole line, some other substitutes will work buts never been tested or fine tuned to blend one with the other. I have amazing first quick check results so far, looks good.
I am in the process of rechecking my factory specs on a A+ frame machine, then welding the inner kit as you have,
Wish you all the best with this AAA+++ thred.
Have a beer
Prost
Joe

You are a professional

I am only a seasonal weekend warrior

I am going to/or at least planning to do similar work on #269

Hello together,
the story goes on. Bought a new bottle welding gas yesterday.
Finished the part under the door hinge.

second part

nother angle

nother

door sill

front

whole part welded

testfitting of some repro sheet metal. not realy good, but some and it should fit just fine

sefhwh

and the door in

have a nice weekend

Hi there,
here again some progress

Today i welded the sheet metal that hold the jacking donut. Don´t know the right expression for it. Check out the pic´s.

nother view:

top view

just have to grind down the welding spots and weld on the old donut ( after its cleaned and rustfree).

I also fabricated a new aluminium sheet for dash face. Fits just nice. The box cover is already coverd with the new vinyl.

Absolutely amazing thread.......and work!!

Rust doesn't scare you a bit michelko!

You Da Man!

Thank you for this amazing progress thread!!

Nice work!

great thread . did you locate/buy the triangular threshold supports as individual pieces? if so, where? i need some and don't want to buy the whole outer long just to cut them off.

k

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Mar 13 2005, 07:11 AM)

great thread . did you locate/buy the triangular threshold supports as individual pieces? if so, where? i need some and don't want to buy the whole outer long just to cut them off. k

I got this part from an ebay auction. The guy build it scratch.
I know another guy in germany who fabricate them without the radius.
This was 25 Euro the pair.
Did you check restoration design homepage?

I just cut off the old one, traced it onto a piece of thick sheet metal, and cut out the profile.

Tacked the sheet metal profile onto the top of the old plate and hammered away (into the dipped area) with my ball peen body hammer until the two profiles matched perfectly and nested together. Used some dollys for support on the back side of the original, particularly where the original was thin.

Bent the edge using the hammer and vise trick.

A little smoothing hammer and dolly work, and it was perfect. Cut off the cup, derusted it and welded into place on the new part. Primed, clamped and welded into place.

Hi everybody,
today i did some cleaning the part under the hell hole. Step one : sanding down the worst dirt ans rust. Step two : Cleaned up with Marine clean. Step three: Used metal-Ready. Step four: Painted the glove box with Por15 .
I let work the metal-Ready thing a day or two, then the part under hell hole will be painted with por15.

nother view

and the box #1

#2



Have a nice weekend!

i called R.D. some time ago about purchasing just the supports and the caping piece on the end. couldn't be done, it was the whole long or nothing. i've considered your method as well ken.

k

I also tryed to contact R.D. three or four times. Never got any reply. .

I ordered then the needed parts by an german dealer (Mittelmotor). Took about 3 month till they delivered the parts.

Ditto here...

I've tried R.D. Twice and even left messages saying "I want to buy something from you. I now what I want, all I want is for someone to call me and take my money." Nothing...

That's a crying shame.

Your work is fantastic michelko!