Man oh man, I read about all this rusted body panel repair and I fall to the
garage floor on my knees and praise my PO to the high heavens for always
keeping my car indoors.
In Japan, if a Koi(expensive fancy carp that can live over 100years) reaches
the age of 100, it is never moved from its pond till the end of its days.
It has 'earned' the right to stay, no matter if the pond changes owners once
or more. At this point in time I think any LBC still alive has earned the
right to sleep indoors to the end of its days. It sounds like it might be
easier to build a garage than to replace multiple body panels.
I admire those of you with the skill and equipment to do it. You save many
that would be lost causes on me. Now that I've buttered you up, can you
bring your MIG gear to my house and work on the Morris that wasn't treated
as well as a 100 year old fish?
Regards,
Glen Byrns
'59 bugeye
'59 Morris Traveller (Winifred)
> Jamie:
>
> One other thing. In working on my Sprite, I had some panels that had rust
in
> places, and I was able to take flat sheet metal and make a piece to
replace
> the rusted out part of the car. I made a "brake" out of 2 heavy pieces of
> angle iron for any pieces that needed an "L" bent into them. That has
saved
> me a bunch of money because it kept me from having to buy the entire
panel.
> I bought only those pieces that would have been difficult or impossible
for
> me to duplicate and patch. Also, I have cut good panels out of scrap
parts
> cars, like the inner rear fenders on both sides. I took a sawzall and cut
> the solid panels out, cut out the rusted areas in my restorable, and
welded
> the good used panels in. I bought floorboards, Outer rocker panels, part
of
> a crossmember, A-Posts and skins, rear bulkheads, and rear fenders, plus
some
> of the blanking pieces. A lot of the footwell and inner rockers I used
flat
> sheet metal to fabricate and weld in.
>
> --David C.
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