larger piece of long sawzaled from a parts car?

Is it just a matter of drilling out all the spot welds on both this piece and all the remianing spot welds from the rusted out piece still in my car?

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Is it just a matter of drilling out all the spot welds on both this piece and all the remianing spot welds from the rusted out piece still in my car?

Yes. get a good spot weld cutter. Use a lot of patience. Measure and mark exact locations.

thanks : )

The long was equally as rusty on my car so i spliced from the center of the door to the 3" above the suspention console. Just support the car while you cut. I did this because i hate drilling spot welds and the cutter i bought from eastwood would only do 10 at a time before needing resharpening. My outer was included in this splice. If your long is good then ignore what i just said.

No, it's not that easy. The section underneath the long has a second "scab" plate welded over the top.

my longs are as rusted - meaning bad but I think at this spot they are ok for a replacement suspension console. My plan for the longs is to make them strong again but cheapest non-pretty way as they will get covered by rockers anyway. This will be the car I put a subaru motor and tranny into. I will remove the engine tin shelf also to make the engine bay more roomy. I will post some pics of the other rust asap. Thanks guys.

pic 1 - passenger side rusted suspension console

pic 2 passenegr side long

pic 3 - gear grinders side long : )

For tose that don't know me - I am easily satisfied - these repairs will not be pretty but will be safe and functional. I just want to drive : )

We'll off to get antique plates

Jim, I believe the hell hole area I have is good. The longs are wrotted away and of no use!