{"id":6378,"date":"2010-02-04T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2010-02-04T00:01:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T07:01:47","slug":"body-work-9-rusty-rocker-remediation-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2010\/02\/04\/body-work-9-rusty-rocker-remediation-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Body work 9: rusty rocker remediation begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may regret not taking it to a professional at some point but I just can’t bring myself to let someone else do this job.\u00a0 The whole point of this exercise -restoring the SS- was to learn a bunch of skills and see what I could do.\u00a0 So, in that spirit I put on my grubby work clothes, got out the serious metal-cutting tools and went for it before I had time to turn back.<\/p>\n

\"\"Friday afternoon I got to the shop at about 430.\u00a0 I have been looking at this rusty mess since before I received the car and it struck me at that moment -now was the time to fix it.<\/strong> Under that rust hole is the support for the door, a sort of cup.\u00a0 Fortunately it is VERY solidly attached and\u00a0 I just need to work around it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Here’s what I am starting with from the inside.\u00a0 The door support cup can be seen here too but from the backside.\u00a0 This looks awful!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A big cut off wheel, a wire wheel, a hacksaw blade and a Dremel tool with a little cut-off wheel were the tools I employed. Of course I wore eye protection and a very good respirator!<\/strong> While the metal does look bad, most of it is still quite thick and strong if the effort it took to cut all this out is any indication.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>All most there. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here it is from the other side.\u00a0 This is very scary, no going back now.\u00a0 The metal I cut away is very flimsy.<\/strong> My approach is to cut as little as possible away.\u00a0 This is the point I left it at when I went home on friday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’ve seen this done many times on rust repair threads on the Alfa BB so I knew how to make my patch panels.\u00a0 It doesn’t look like it but I ground most of the rust off of the edges of the metal I left.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I used snips to cut this out of a leftover piece from when Bill put the floors in.<\/strong> Those red and black things are magnets to hold the piece in place while I tack it in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I have to admit, I had spent maybe 10 minutes welding in my whole life before I tacked this piece in.\u00a0 At this point I used a hammer to nudge the corners a little and get them lined up as well as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Zip zip zip, this nasty looking weld took me about 15 minutes.\u00a0 The old metal pops and spits a lot when welding.\u00a0 Looks pretty good from the other side.\u00a0 There are a few burn throughs to fix, but I’ll deal with that after I grind them down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some more nasty welds.\u00a0 I have a feeling this is going to get easier, but I’m not sure when.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A few more little pieces in place.\u00a0 I think you are supposed to use a brake to make bends in a single piece of metal but I decided to have each plane be a new piece of metal.\u00a0 My welds joining new metal to new metal came out pretty good.\u00a0 Lots of clean up to do with a grinder later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Okay, I’m not totally proud of how this came out, but I am proud to have attempted it.\u00a0 Next time I’ll attempt more and learn some more and eventually this will all seem easy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alright faithful readers, some of you are amazed, some appalled, and some are saying ‘see, I told you so’ but hopefully all of you are glad to see me back at it and moving closer to the point where I start learning how to apply body filler and shape it and, well, you get the idea.\u00a0 How do I feel about what I got done?\u00a0 I feel empowered, I am one step closer to being able to say ‘I can fix anything!’\u00a0 Stay tuned for about 7 more posts about repairs of this sort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I may regret not taking it to a professional at some point but I just can’t bring myself to let someone else do this job.\u00a0 The whole point of this exercise -restoring the SS- was to learn a bunch of skills and see what I could do.\u00a0 So, in that spirit I put on my … <\/p>\n

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