The Jalopy Journal
Spent a little time with the stud gun and got the area pulled out some, but found a lot of thin and torn metal with some rust though, so thinking...
I figured I would expose the area to see what the extent of the problem was so I could decide if I wanted to tackle repair or replacement with a...
Tore into the what I think may be the last large area needing work. Found about an inch at the deepest point of filler. Looks like something...
Not going to have a stock or aftermarket radio installed in the dash so pulled this out of the mailbox this afternoon and added it to the parts...
Got the driver side door bottom rust repair finished for now. Still lot of fine tuning in the body work stage, biggest share of known rust/cancer...
Time to get the metal strip that holds the door panel back in place. Back in place, ugly welds and all...A little grinding, and they are still...
Opened up another thin spot so cut back to solid metal and made a patch and got it roughed in also. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Got the inside bottom cut to fit close and welded it. Also started doing a little smoothing of the weld seam. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Started on cutting out & fitting the inside door bottom. Got close then stopped for the night while the inner door area that was surface rusted...
Thanks! Nope, not weld through primer, like I said above I cleaned them off then filled them, that was when my grinder died...
Had a little time between other projects and after yesterday's primer had dried, I noticed a few more pinholes than I originally thought, so...
Spent a little time working on the door skin bottom. Had a few pin holes show in the weld, but will take care of them later, time to flip it over...
Time for surgery!! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Looking for some solid metal to cut to... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Break from the "Honey-to-do's," and back to some rust work on the driver door bottom & skin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Been obligated to several other things around the house, property & shop so no real work done, but I was able to squeeze in a little shopping!...
Thanks!!
Some better pics after the primer was done drying. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A little more filling of some pinholes and some primer to cover the bare metal for the time being and the rough rust work on this door is...
Got the battery tray out of the OSPHO and started work on it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Back on some more work on the passenger door, just cleaning up the ends where the panel is not a great fit. Still more grinding and finishing,...
Picked up a battery tray that I found on Facebook Marketplace yesterday. One rust hole in the bottom of the tray but the rest seems nice and...
Since it warmed up to the mid 40's today, did some grinding/smoothing on the welds. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And a little more spotting in between....
After a bit of final fitting, tacked in place. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks, just plugging along, working from front to back...
Started fitting the lower door skin patch. Inside lip treated with OSPHO and rust inhibiting paint. I figure I will clean spots away where it...
I did not have clear any of the door bottom drain holes, they were all clear as can be seen in the pictures. Guessing that is why I got so lucky...
Inside lip of passenger door bottom was not as crusty as the outside. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Worked on a little hole filling. Just need to smooth them out and see if I need any touch-ups. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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