Yeah Nero, the time aspect of these repairs is the thing that bugs my wife. She keeps saying, "Why don't you just sell that car?"
She just doesn't get it
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Here's a shot of the three metal patches I cut and ground to fit the rusty areas I had to replace.
Here's another angle. It was fun to cut and grind these pieces
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Here's the floor behind the passenger seat. Whoever did the previous repair missed a spot.
Here's a closeup of my fourth and final patch. It's held in place with masking tape from beneath the car just to get a photo.
The floor has been stripped of paint around the problem areas and has been metal etched in preparation of the POR 15 paint. The green masking tape is to protect the areas I don't want to be painted just yet because a friend of mine who is an experienced welder is going to come over to my place to teach me how to weld with a wire feed welding machine. He may not be here for a while so I'll apply one coat of paint to the whole floor pan except around the areas that need welding. Hope he comes by soon.
Maybe I'll pay him in "beers per hour". After the work is done of course
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