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Ed Price
Guest
OK, I'm getting close to doing some serious rust repair.
On my engine cover, the whole rear edge, the part that turns down, is a
Swiss-cheese of rust. After scrubbing with a wire brush, and a follow-up with a
wire wheel, I'm down to no loose rust, but I haven't gotten the rust off of the
firmer steel. The next step is to chemically clean it.
But, before I maybe find that all that's left was rust, I want to ask what the
general repair options are. What would a good body-man do next? Would he try to
weld a strip of sheet metal to the engine lid, above the Swiss-cheese area? Or,
since the problem is only in the last 2 inches or so of the lip, would this be a
candidate for fiberglass and/or epoxy?
And then there's my trunk. The outer blade flange, the approximately .06" thick
knife-edge that faces down all around the perimeter of the trunk, is also badly
rusted. The rusted part is the section all across the front, and about two feet
back along each side.
Again, what should be done? Should you cut a long strip of sheet metal, then
fold it, and weld the base along the upper edge of the trunk, then do a lot of
grinding to feather it in? Or is there a better way, say from the bottom of the
trunk edge?
Also on the trunk, the surface metal skin has flexed away from the "X" shaped
cross-members. Can this be epoxyied back in place, or does this need to be
welded too?
Thanks!
Ed
El Cajon
67 Rust Guppy
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On my engine cover, the whole rear edge, the part that turns down, is a
Swiss-cheese of rust. After scrubbing with a wire brush, and a follow-up with a
wire wheel, I'm down to no loose rust, but I haven't gotten the rust off of the
firmer steel. The next step is to chemically clean it.
But, before I maybe find that all that's left was rust, I want to ask what the
general repair options are. What would a good body-man do next? Would he try to
weld a strip of sheet metal to the engine lid, above the Swiss-cheese area? Or,
since the problem is only in the last 2 inches or so of the lip, would this be a
candidate for fiberglass and/or epoxy?
And then there's my trunk. The outer blade flange, the approximately .06" thick
knife-edge that faces down all around the perimeter of the trunk, is also badly
rusted. The rusted part is the section all across the front, and about two feet
back along each side.
Again, what should be done? Should you cut a long strip of sheet metal, then
fold it, and weld the base along the upper edge of the trunk, then do a lot of
grinding to feather it in? Or is there a better way, say from the bottom of the
trunk edge?
Also on the trunk, the surface metal skin has flexed away from the "X" shaped
cross-members. Can this be epoxyied back in place, or does this need to be
welded too?
Thanks!
Ed
El Cajon
67 Rust Guppy
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