[6pack] Attacking bad rust...

[Timbo00001 at aol.com]

Sorry, but your topic attracted me.  Will you attack only the "bad  rust" 
and leave the good rust alone?
 
 
In a message dated 5/18/2015 11:57:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
6pack at autox.team.net writes:

A common  problem with old British cars is rust. 
Well, I have a few small areas that  are worse than I thought. A couple 
small areas ate through the firewall from  inside the W/S wiper arm cavern. You 
know, that in accessible area under the  windshield. 
It is on the passenger side near the hood latch. 
Another  spot is under the clutch master cylinder in the corner where the 
inner wheel  fender and the pedal box meet. It is fairly small but goes 
through to the  wheel area and through to the inside of the car pedal area. 

Question  is...how best to repair this?
Form metal and welding in probably isn't  going to work for the intricate 
curves of the body for the later section  mentioned. 

I am thinking of (after grinding/sanding clean) to use  fiberglass to give 
some 'body' to accept the thin layer of body filler to  smooth out. 

Other wise, welding in bits of sheet metal would be a pain  for many 
reasons. The car cannot be move right now and I don't know any metal  welders that 
make house calls. Or how they could go about bending/forming  metal to even 
closely match and not look butchered or frankensteined.  

Anyone else deal with  this?

Advice?
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