Some minor surface rust in my car

[Fireball]

Or... Looks like I have some welding ahead:D

[Don Coatney]

Clever gas pedal. Helps train the driver to use the correct foot:D

[Fireball]

Unfortunately you cannot "Put pedal to the metal", instead you are able to "Hammer your foot through the firewall..."

[BobT-47P15]

Hmmm....looks like cut & paste time, er-- cut & weld.

[Heavy Flat Head]

Metal?

[Guest rockabillybassman]

Mmmm.... nice patina.....

[55 Fargo]

Yup the usual for a lot of these cars, get the tin, migwelder, grinder and go at her, it's not that bad of a job to do. Always looks worse than it is, once everything is welded in, seamseal, prime paint and or undercoat, done.....Fred

[Fireball]

Thanks Rockwood, I'm not worried a bit, it's not that bad like Rockwood says. And the best part is that I get "free" wood for my fireplace in Christmas time, just chop it out from my car. Now how convenient is that:p

[bigred48]

boy does that ever look familiar.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Like said above most all these cars have damage here..my floor section here was toast and so was the insert...repairing this in sections makes maintaining the shape and contour easier for the home fabricator. The top of the insert is specially modified for an upgrade...

 

 

Edited May 20, 2017 by Plymouthy Adams

[Fireball]

Am I a builder or what, the more I spend time in garage, the worse it gets:D

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[Fireball]

Some visible progress this weekend, new rockers in place and drivers side is ready for flooring

The red stuff is Rost-Stop by Wurth, it's amazing paint btw. Next layer will be 2k epoxy and then some rustpreventive elastic protection on top of everything.

[Lou Earle]

Yup the usual for a lot of these cars, get the tin, migwelder, grinder and go at her, it's not that bad of a job to do. Always looks worse than it is, once everything is welded in, seamseal, prime paint and or undercoat, done.....Fred

What- little bondo, jb weld, maybe fiberglass over cardboard and some black paint and buff that baby out- no problem right??

Well maybe a bit more

Lou

[Fireball]

What- little bondo, jb weld, maybe fiberglass over cardboard and some black paint and buff that baby out- no problem right??

Well maybe a bit more

Lou

That's the way

[Fireball]

Made new floor panels, and tack welded most of the drivers side in place today. I'm keeping the foremost section removable, it'll be a huge benefit later if tranny needs work

[Joe Flanagan]

Are you using a MIG welder? I'm also curious to know how you will treat the underside of the seams. I just finished my floors and I wound up going underneath the car to weld some of the seams again from the underside because they looked too rough and porous and I thought they'd hold water. I used a fiberglass seam sealer on the seams underneath but I wanted to keep the amount of that stuff to a minimum. Didn't want to depend too much on the fiberglass sealer though it is reported to be good stuff. The words "Bondo bucket" kept ringing in my ears.

[Fireball]

Yes I'm using MIG. Although I'm not that good welder as you see... I hear the same horrible bondo echoing. I most likely will put stuff underneath in following order. Rust killer/preventive paint first over the weld, then some professional bodyshop RTV sealer that is ment for this work, (normal black is not good since it contains vinegar of some sort and is reported to cause rusting). Thirdly an 2k epoxy from PPG that is ment for truck frames etc. On top of that a coat of elastic corrosion protection by Dinitrol http://www.dinitrol.com/index.php?id=32&no_cache=1&L=1

Did I say bulletproof

[Joe Flanagan]

I'm using a two part PPG primer also. It is very good paint. I have had parts of my Plymouth covered in it for almost six years. For areas that aren't going to get finish paint, I'm using a product called Zero Rust, which is also a very good product. For information on body, paint, and rust-related things, I sometimes visit www.autobodystore.com. They have all kinds of useful information as well as some basic tutorials on MIG welding, painting, using filler, etc.

Isn't it cold in Finland right now?

[Fireball]

Isn't it cold in Finland right now?

Well it should be, but unfortunately no snow and only -3C. It really is strange January here

[Fireball]

Roses are red, and so is my new floor:p

Trunk corner puzzlemania

Getting in there

All the major welding and hammering is now done. Next I need to go down under (the car), luckily the garage floor is heated. I'll finalize sealing all the seams underneath and do the rust protection.

[Normspeed]

You've been busy Fireball. Nice work, she should be nice and solid when you're done.

[Plymouthy Adams]

that is a business coupe right???..floor looks so familar...looking good..gonna be solid..

[Joe Flanagan]

Nice job. Very clean work. Take a look at that first picture you posted and it's hard to believe what you've done with it. Keep up the good work. Can you post a picture of the whole car?

[Fireball]

Thanks for your compliments guys. You are right I've been busy, I had to build second floor to my house before I had time to go into garage at all. You see here in Finland we try to do all the modifying during winters and then drive the bat out of the cave during our short summer.

So my plan is with this shortened garagetime to do the frame and floors for good, quickie preps for body and shoot some temporary flat coating for this summer. Then when the autumn comes I'll take the body to bare metal and fix whatever is needed. There seems to be quite an amount of bondo here and there, and I don't like it. Drivetrain will get it's share of TLC then as well.

Sure it is an business coupe Tim. I bought it from Illinois an year ago and took it to Finland by boat. This was it old looks, will eventually get more towards my taste while I work on it. http://www.angelfire.com/mo/racevaliant/

I'm sorry my pages are only in Finnish nowadays.