Fellow Worlders, I have a milestone to report, 72 sees first light of day since 2008 Options

[TargaToy]

This has been a long time coming but Saturday was an important milestone for me. Structural and body rust repair is complete on the driver's side. This included (in no particular order) repairs to the lower portion of the front fender, new long cover, 1/3 of Engman Kit, new jackpost, hand-built inner wheel house, upper vent/door handle area of rear fender, new sill and supports, repair to lower portion of rear fender including fab'ing the "point" and transition to the sill, and grafting in a new quarter section. I have a new triangle (rear donut) but am not installing until I can get the car further off the floor for easier welding.

The car came off the road in June of 2008 because of a split fuel line below the battery. When I went to repair that, I saw how bad the battery tray and hell hole were. I had been living in denial about what was under the long covers too. So...the rustoration began.







So with the help of my loving wife, the car was rolled out, turned 180* and pushed back into the garage so I can start the passenger side.

Had to share. I was jazzed to turn the corner! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[Porsche930dude]

nice! Isnt it crazy how much ugly a gallon of bondo can hide. my car is the same way. they just slapped bondo over the rust until it was full

[TargaToy]

nice! Isnt it crazy how much ugly a gallon of bondo can hide. my car is the same way. they just slapped bondo over the rust until it was full

For fun, I just googled one of the national articles on the newspaper page that was jammed in the fender cranny. The article was about Clinton and Bush bickering and was dated July 1992. It's conceivable that the paper/bondo "repair" has held up 20 years. Who'da thunk it?

By the way, I already know there's another wad in the nose of the front fender but I'm not going there yet.

PS, filler is heavy. Just the dust alone that I swept up today had decent weight to it. I'm adding lightness to this car every time I fix it right. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)