rust repairs in progress

topfuel

nitro sniffer
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Couldn't take looking at the rust anymore so I brought my car to the local hot rod shop to have it fixed.
This is a midwest car that has seen winter driving, it used to be my daily driver back in the day. I've owned it for over 20 years now.

The new metalwork is patched in, lower quarters.
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and rockers
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The doors are another story
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They're rotted all along the bottom seams and the skins are "flapping" as they say. We decided to try and find clean used doors rather than spending many hours reworking these. So I'm on a search for doors.

Will update this thread as more progress is made.
 
I don't have pics of work in progress but they cut out the rusted areas and fabbed new patch panels. The new rockers are fabbed pieces also.

The patches wrap underneath but stop short of the factory pinch welds.
 
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okay can't figure out how to edit so here are the pics
rear quarter before
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and after
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here's the drivers door
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the new rockers
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