Progress, The 2011 Hershey show gave me another shot of motivation Options

[saigon71]

I have now attended the Hershey Porsche show three times without an operational teener...NOT being part of the caravan is getting old. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Finally got my new inner long welded in with doubler plates on all seams. Verified the incline of the new long with an incline gauge (with the car level) following Jeff Hails build thread. Door operates well! Entire inner long has been coated with rust encapsulator.

Still have a long way to go but I am hoping that this was the toughest part.

Thanks to Scotty B, Jeff Hail, and everyone else who has posted a build thread on this topic. I have read all of them & learned a lot. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Bob

[saigon71]

Seeing two stellar teeners at Matt's cookout as hurricane Irene approached made me realize it was time to get back to work.

18 GA patch pieces were made to close up the hole in the outer firewall:








Finished the rear passenger side floor pan on the inside. Two coats ospho (on rusty areas) followed by two coats rust bullet (again, only on rusty or pitted areas) two coats rust encapsulator and new seam sealer. It was nice to look at a small section of the car and say "this is done." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)






The jigsaw puzzle that is the rear floor pan on the passenger side continues to get pieced together. It became very complicated trying to make this part all in one shot, so I decided to go with a section at a time and weld it all together:





Experienced some cracking after applying the initial primer on the upper wheelhouse. I suspect it is from over-doing it on the rust converter, as I have run into this before using the product. From now on, I will only apply one coat. Wire brushed affected areas and re-sprayed primer: