Expert rust repair

Well as you know, I bought Nessy (my 340 daily beater) so I could learn the tricks of the bodywork trade on a car which needed plenty of work.

I decided to have a poke at the rusty area at the base of the drivers side A pillar. It had obviously had the existing rust covered up with filler, so I knew what lurked underneath wasn't going to be pretty, but still, I wasn't quite ready for what greeted me by the time I'd got back to solid metal...





I ground back to clean metal, then painted it up in primer, then sprayed the primer with laquer to make it water-tight. This is my 'quick fix' for making rusty metal sound.



Now clearly this is a structurally integral part of the car, so I needed to make sure that the material I put back would maintain the integrity of the safety cell. I found a suitable patching material in the house...



I cut a chunk out of it, and test-fitted my expertly crafted patch.




Finally, I painted it up using primer, awaiting final installation and filler to smooth out the join.





Don't worry, this is only a temporary "stop the cops pulling me over" fix. Next month (if all goes according to plan) I'm buying (most likely) a kick-ass (for DIY) MIG, and this will be one of the first jobs.

cheers

James

You're #2.

I used aluminium foil tape to patch up the wheel wells in my '78 244L.

Worked surprisingly well.