Rust removal on my 66 Polara

[1970cat]

looks great. curious if you are spot welding the perimeter and across the braces or if it is all bonded?

 

[mr. fix it]

Good question, I am welding the braces underneath onto the side rails as well as using 1/4" 3/8" hex head self drilling screws on the top of the rails.

 

[mr. fix it]

So about a month has gone by & I have been busy with mostly cleaning and painting.

I gave up on trying to save the rear hump of the trunk floor coming over the rear axle and took a road trip to get the new to me trunk floor which I have been busy this past weekend cleaning up.

haven't got any pics today but will take some tonight

 

[commando1]

You've been lucky to find all this sheet metal.

 

[mr. fix it]

You've been lucky to find all this sheet metal.

You sir are very correct!

Not complaining but I did hope to find some rear inner wheel wells though.. LOL!!!

 

[mr. fix it]

ok here's some pictures!
The one shows the worst pitting but no rust through..

 

[Zymurgy]

Nice you are getting after it. You are doing a first class job, enjoying the progress.

 

[65sporty]

That panel looks really good, seal it good and it should last forever

 

[mr. fix it]

I decided to take a bit of a break from the body work and started in on the cleaning up and resealing of the differential the past few days

I also had the new spring perches welded up at work.
The main concern I had was that the center spring bolt holes were larger than the factory size and fortunately we have a great machine shop that made a pair of sleeves to tighten the hole up

Overall considering I used a wire wheel and some good ole' elbow grease this is turned out rather nicely..

 

[mr. fix it]

I shoe horned the trunk pan into place tonight. I had to drop the wheel wells out in order to do that.
I am totally blown away how the spot welds line up for most of the frame work.
This pan came from a 66 Polara 4dr in NC and the rear frame rail out of a 65 FURY 2dr in Arizona!

 

[monaco75]

Looking real good!! Great how the trunk floor fell right into place. Rear end looks great! I know how fun it is cleaning em. Just got done with mine.

 

[mr. fix it]

Looking real good!! Great how the trunk floor fell right into place. Rear end looks great! I know how fun it is cleaning em. Just got done with mine.

I agree about the freshly painted look but that floor didn't fall into place
There was a lot of pushin' and shovin' going on with a bit of foul language involved ! LOL!!!

 

[cantflip]

I agree about the freshly painted look but that floor didn't fall into place
There was a lot of pushin' and shovin' going on with a bit of foul language involved ! LOL!!!

Every tech I know has a few "magic words" he utters to help the job go more smoothly... I have many occasions I break out the entire vocabulary.

 

[cm23uoc]

Consider to use a welding primer between the parts for further rust protection while you're at it that deep.

 

[mr. fix it]

Consider to use a welding primer between the parts for further rust protection while you're at it that deep.

I have and done so already.
Thanks for the tip though!

 

[mr. fix it]

looks great. curious if you are spot welding the perimeter and across the braces or if it is all bonded?

I ended up spot welding this into place since I had to pull the frame into alignment with the body 1/2".
I didn't want to take any chances on the glue coming loose even with 3M claiming it never will

I have a bunch of other pieces to glue in though

 

[Fratzog]

So can you explain again how this won't be a show car when you are finished? There isn't a car judge in existence (except maybe on this board) who knows his *** from a hole in the ground when it comes to our cars. Phenomenal work you are doing.

 

[mr. fix it]

Thanks Frat.
The car honestly is going to be a great cruising machine but it isn't going to win any trophies anymore until I do a complete exterior make over and that is out of the near future budget.
I have a driveway to do, a new front deck/porch, new shed in the back yard...

BTW, You never have made the trip to see the car yet have you... I didn't think so.
Although you may want to wait until the car is done since the rest of it is covered in dust!
Even with all the blankets I have on it.

 

[mr. fix it]

I started in on reinstalling the wheel wells this morning
They are still a bit Frankenstienish looking but functional

Also replaced the rear trunk valance

 

[mr. fix it]

And yes the welding is pretty gruesome looking