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- Killingworth, CT
- My Car
- 71 Mach 1
71 XR-7 hardtop
71 Country Squire
65 hardtop
I'd source a used one before I made one, and I work in sheet metal.
Condolences on your father's passing.After a long illness, my father passed at 94. I’ve been in Texas since the last week of Sept taking care of family and preparing my mom for living without him. So, as others have the same experience, car stuff has been on the back burner.
Before I left for Texas, I was able to start on the interior rust spots. It was almost nothing; was one small hole in the floor of the passenger side rear seat. Welded a plug there. And applied a rust treatment after I cleaned the trunk and interior floors, at least as much as I had.
Will be a few more weeks before the car sees me again. Steve
Sorry to hear of your loss, Steve.After a long illness, my father passed at 94. I’ve been in Texas since the last week of Sept taking care of family and preparing my mom for living without him. So, as others have the same experience, car stuff has been on the back burner.
Before I left for Texas, I was able to start on the interior rust spots. It was almost nothing; was one small hole in the floor of the passenger side rear seat. Welded a plug there. And applied a rust treatment after I cleaned the trunk and interior floors, at least as much as I had.
Will be a few more weeks before the car sees me again. Steve
My 72 convertible spent the first 50 years of its life in El Paso (first 3 years) and southern AZ. Even in that arid environment it formed surface rust in the trunk, mostly on the underside of the tops of the quarter panels.Well, another month, time to get back to the Vert.
I’ve completed the rust treatment of the passenger compartment and the trunk, including the trunk drop offs:
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I also got the car up on the blocks I made a year ago, to aid in the next step, the underbody cleaning and rust protection:
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Unfortunately, my almost no rust car has rust . I found it in the drivers side drop off/rear wheel well lip area. A complicated repair, to say the least, and it also seems, the drop off is a thinner metal, like the outside areas of the under dash area, by the front fenders. I made a piece for the wheel lip, but was difficult in getting it welded well. I’ve got to grind on it and spot the missing areas still. It will be a three piece repair, so wish me luck. I have an old, twisted front valance as a metal donor.
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