Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
Posted by Charles On 2017/5/28 17:36:17
5-28-17
The worse rust on the car is the front floor boards. I removed the seat bottom and cut out the damaged metal. Originally I was going to flange the metal so it would sit down flat, but with the brace there and the complicated bends the metal takes in this area made me change my mind and just overlap the metal. It's not that thick anyway and will eventually be covered with carpet. I had to make a separate patch to cover the area by the body mount hole due to the size of the scrap metal I was using. The fuel line was routed on this side because I have a more modern gas tank in the car. I was concerned welding near the line so I soaked some shop towels in water and draped them over the line. Almost finished the welding, but ran out of welding wire. My welding skills have not improved! Still have to do some grinding and seeing where I missed spots. I hope the passenger side does not need as large of a patch.
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The worse rust on the car is the front floor boards. I removed the seat bottom and cut out the damaged metal. Originally I was going to flange the metal so it would sit down flat, but with the brace there and the complicated bends the metal takes in this area made me change my mind and just overlap the metal. It's not that thick anyway and will eventually be covered with carpet. I had to make a separate patch to cover the area by the body mount hole due to the size of the scrap metal I was using. The fuel line was routed on this side because I have a more modern gas tank in the car. I was concerned welding near the line so I soaked some shop towels in water and draped them over the line. Almost finished the welding, but ran out of welding wire. My welding skills have not improved! Still have to do some grinding and seeing where I missed spots. I hope the passenger side does not need as large of a patch.
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