[Spridgets] Rusted out trunk

[Kevin Valentine]

Robert,

Before you begin the rust repair, take a good look under the car.
Specifically at the area where the rear springs mount.

If there is that much rust in the boot, you need to do some serious poking
and probing before you start putting a lot of time into a repair of one
area only to find a "worse" area elsewhere.

Look at the spring mount areas for the rear springs (front and rear mounts
of the rear springs).   Also check the rear of the floors where the floors
meet the rear bulkhead.   Floors are an easy fix, but if the spring boxes
are shot, that can be a lot of work in fitting and welding.

Kevin V.
Tuscarora, Pa



On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 3:55 PM Robert Weeks via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Does anyone have any "we tight" fixes for this? This photo shows looking
> from the inside of the trunk towards the rear. This is the car my son is
> fixing up. I have a parts car where there is no rust in this area. My only
> thought is to cut a donor out of the parts car, cut out a matching section
> from this car, and try to weld the donor piece into place. The damage spans
> pretty much the full width  of the car.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
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