Re: Keegan's 55 Clipper Deluxe

Posted by BH On 2010/1/30 19:30:38

Keegan -

I've been watching your recent posts with great interest as I've seen the beginnings of similar rust in one of my Patricians. Also, a '55 I once owned was about as bad as what you have.

Not sore about the brace in the first image (IIRC, it runs fore-to-aft).

Yet, the rust in the braces that run across the floor, from rocker to rocker, is not uncommon. I have seen straight lengths of hat sections in autobody supply stores that look awfully similar. Nothing complicated, but might save a lot of time in trying to form it from scratch. You would just have to cut that oval hole, akin to a relief notch, to make the rolling 90-degree change at the ends to meet the inner rocker panel.

However, I'm not sure how or if you'd be able form the straight section to follow the deep-drawn box shape of the floor under the rear seat as I haven't looked into that far on any of my cars.

Keep up the good work and keep us posted on your progress!