Deck Lid Rust Repair??

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, have any of you had to do a rust repair along the bottm of your trunk lids.

I have a parts car lid, it is in better shape than the one I have on the car, but it needs a rust repair job on the inside bottme lip.

Anyone have something like this to deal with..............Fred

Trunk Lid Rust Repair Update.

Had the trunk lid sandblasted, the entire outside, and the inside the lip area around the whole trunk lid.

The bottom lip had some rust, and a few small holes, but otherwise not bad, was very pitted.

I acid treated, it after the sand blasting, just to make sure, I then patched the 2 holes, this was followed by me mixing up a big batch of firbreglass resin, and pouring it into the lip, I brushed it into place, let her set-up, then sanded her into a decent form.

This was followed up with primer, once I finish the rest of the prep, I will shoot the topcoat onto the entire inside of the trunk lid, that will be followed by prep on the outside of the trunk lid, to also be followed up by the top coat.

This trunk lid is my experiment, and learning curve on doing the rest of the car, will see how it turns out.............Fred

[55 Fargo]

Hi Norm, that what I most likely will do, and will aslo give it the acid wash treatment too, clean i up real good and primer and paint.......Fred

[BobT-47P15]

Gee, Fred. Why not do like some other guys would -- just puckey it up with

bondo and call it good.

Your car sure has come a long way.....looks better and runs better all the

time.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Bob..that is the problem with this hobby now..too much PLUCKY as you call it and the total dependency on POR 15 without rear metal backing the repair...bondo is for surface imperfections..not holes..and definitely not rust.

[55 Fargo]

I am going with metal, but fibreglass resin and cloth could do a job on this area too.

I of course would prep area, with acid washing, prime, this area is very solid, should have had drain holes to begin with to allow moisture to drain out, otherwise it would not be rusted.

I will make a few drain holes , after the repair.

This car will not be driven in winter slushy, snowy salted roads, thats where the problem starts with.

I would not fill it with "Kitty Hair Bondo, but might consider, resin and cloth, after it is derusted and primed, followed byu resin/cloth, and more primer and paint.

I am not a bodyman, and my welding is elementary at best, but will do the best I can, as I cannot afford to hire this out at this point in my life......Thanx Fred

[Joe Flanagan]

Fred,

Check out this web page:

http://www.autobodystore.com/door_rust.shtml

It deals with rust on car doors but you have a similar thing going with your trunk. There is very useful information at this site. I think it will help you lessen the amount of fiberglass or putty you wind up putting into your repair.

[Young Ed]

Fred I realize as a do it yourself'er this probably won't help you much but I have seen a company that has a welding system that basically sprays metal into the holes. Its designed for window channels and things like that that are hard to weld in.

[plymouthdoctor]

If you decide to replace the metal, I have both inner and outer repair sections for coupe or sedan deck/trunk lids available for the P-15 and trunk lid repair sections for the D-24 sedans.

Wayne R. Brandon

Plymouth Doctor Restoration Parts

517-285-3675

[BobT-47P15]

I was being a bit facetious about the "puckey" job with bondo......

since that's what has happened in many cases to old cars over the years.

Bondo is ok if used as intended for certain things.

[55 Fargo]

I have decided to use my cut off wheel, remove some of the rusted material, weld and fab in new tin.

This area is not very big, the picture gives the illusion it's a huge hole.

I am quite confident I can make a decent repair on this area, the outerskin has no rust, and is very solid................Fred

[Allan Faust]

Bob..that is the problem with this hobby now..too much PLUCKY as you call it and the total dependency on POR 15 without rear metal backing the repair...bondo is for surface imperfections..not holes..and definitely not rust.

Hehe Tim,

I just saw my buddies car.. a 36 buick.... the way it looked, fingured metal would be swiss cheese.... however, only one patch panel about 6 inches by 3 inches on every fender.... riveted in.... and then a gracious half inch thick load o plastic over top.... of course everything is flaking off.... but pure hard metal underneath.... ready for the job to be done right....

Allan

[55 Fargo]

Hi all, have any of you had to do a rust repair along the bottm of your trunk lids.

I have a parts car lid, it is in better shape than the one I have on the car, but it needs a rust repair job on the inside bottme lip.

Anyone have something like this to deal with..............Fred

Trunk Lid Rust Repair Update.

Had the trunk lid sandblasted, the entire outside, and the inside the lip area around the whole trunk lid.

The bottom lip had some rust, and a few small holes, but otherwise not bad, was very pitted.

I acid treated, it after the sand blasting, just to make sure, I then patched the 2 holes, this was followed by me mixing up a big batch of firbreglass resin, and pouring it into the lip, I brushed it into place, let her set-up, then sanded her into a decent form.

This was followed up with primer, once I finish the rest of the prep, I will shoot the topcoat onto the entire inside of the trunk lid, that will be followed by prep on the outside of the trunk lid, to also be followed up by the top coat.

This trunk lid is my experiment, and learning curve on doing the rest of the car, will see how it turns out.............Fred

Rust Repair Update

[steveplym]

Glad you got it fixed Fred. That fiberglass mat and resin will hold up pretty well. Just avoid slamming the trunk and you should be good.

I remember that Chet had a recent update fixing his trunk lid. His appeared to be much worse than yours. He cut the metal out and welded a new section in.

Here's a link for reference. http://www.chetscoins.com/1948p15/2008/07262008.htm

[55 Fargo]

Glad you got it fixed Fred. That fiberglass mat and resin will hold up pretty well. Just avoid slamming the trunk and you should be good.

I remember that Chet had a recent update fixing his trunk lid. His appeared to be much worse than yours. He cut the metal out and welded a new section in.

Here's a link for reference. http://www.chetscoins.com/1948p15/2008/07262008.htm

Chets looked a lot worse than mine, although I had a hole, my corners were very solid, most of it was pretty solid, so I took the easy way out.......Fred

[Frank Blackstone]

Carol's Camero had rocker panel rust so SHE sandblasted ( She looked cute geared up. Especially with her hood off.)the surrounding area for a 2 inch good metal perimeter. I showed her how to use the cutting wheel to cut out the bad area to good metal. She sanded down the edge to get it clean of a patch. She cut the patch out of 18 gage. I ordered a non welding panel repair kit from Eastwood so SHE could use the panel adhesive to do it herself. Body men have told me the adhesives are stronger than weld. We'll see. Keep up with technology, Frank

[Don Coatney]

( She looked cute geared up. Especially with her hood off.)

Pictures?

[55 Fargo]

Here is the trunk lid, the under side is all finished and painted Jet Black. The outer side is primered, but needs some filler, sanding, then it will be painted too.

This trunk lid is m experiment learning curve, so far not too bad