Rust issues

I knew this car I just bought for a winter rat was rusty so I shouldn't be surprised....


The tailgate is in very nice shape, and so is the jam area, surprising for a NY. car.




The drivers quarter isn't too bad either, Huh?


Ha, now this is more like it.




Remember when you were little and your mother told you not to pick at that scab?

I didn't listen then either.

WOW....What a hole.

Suddenly I don't feel too bad about the rust in my wagon.

Time to go to Home Depot to get a 12 pack of spray foam and some sheet metal.

Tom

it's fixable

silverfox103 wrote:

Time to go to Home Depot to get a 12 pack of spray foam and some sheet metal.

Tom

Already done, this weekends project. Nothing worth watching on t.v. huh Tom.

200OZ wrote:

Nothing worth watching on t.v. huh Tom.

Mike, not sure what exactly you mean? Just a guess, but does it have anything to do with the word "choke"?

Tom

I'm really surprised that body supply stores don't stock big pieces of sheet plastic and a heat gun for "bodywork" like this.

sherlock9c1 wrote:

I'm really surprised that body supply stores don't stock big pieces of sheet plastic and a heat gun for "bodywork" like this.

They do Joel, but only up to a 4 x 8 sheet.


Tom

94Woody wrote:

WOW....What a hole.

Suddenly I don't feel too bad about the rust in my wagon.

Christ, mine looks like it just rolled out of the Ypsilanti plant compared to that

wait....i thought they were built in arlington texas?

a1awind wrote:

wait....i thought they were built in arlington texas?

They were, but there was a seperate smaller plant in MI. My car happened to come from there. I never knew about this other plant til I read my window sticker.

Sorry for all the work Mike..... I don't think my tiger hair skills will help with this one.

Dude, a little Por-15 and it'll be like new

some sheets of galvinized, pop rivets, fiberglass and viola good as new.......almost.

till then, don't drive through any puddles

Geez Mike, after looking at those pictures, I think I would check my brake lines.

Tom C.

silverfox103 wrote:

Geez Mike, after looking at those pictures, I think I would check my brake lines.

Tom C.

The previous owner had them all replaced in the last 2 years, so they are actually pretty good.

Holy..... hole!

Is it windy in there with all the windows up?

bit of fibreglass,. it'll be fine,.buy some of that sticky metal tape they use for hvac,.its rust hole repair magic,. then cover it with something substantial,.
i,ve built all kinds of car parts/area's with cardboard and duct tape covered with fibreglass resin and mat, its great fun when you pull the carpet and see the down pipes cats, bellhousing, cross member and tranny linkeage,.

Nick

No need for GPS with that wagon because you cant get lost.Just follow the rust particles
home.Kinda like breadcrumbs and jack and jill.Then again you had better fix it soon
before it waste away to nothing.
Just a thought!!
Jim Gordon aka Flasheroo

thats a Ziebart poster child right there!

Flasheroo wrote:

No need for GPS with that wagon because you cant get lost.Just follow the rust particles
home.Kinda like breadcrumbs and jack and jill.Then again you had better fix it soon
before it waste away to nothing.
Just a thought!!
Jim Gordon aka Flasheroo

I think Jack and Jill fell down a hill.... Hanzel and Gretel were the one with the bread crumbs.

Fixed... Sorta.

That is freakin awesome.

I'm speechless....for once....

81X11 wrote:

I'm speechless....for once....

I think if my wagon ever got that bad i'd cry.

I love it! Should deaden some sound too

You missed your true calling Mike.

Tom C.

you forgot to use duct tape, that's not going to hold!

I envy your kids

Does this keep the rusty chickens in or the noise wolves out?? Great idea and cheap too.
I am going to keep that idea for rust in my quick and easy book!!!
Jim Gordon

It does not cure the rust, it just hides it................. kinda like Bondo.....

and it Floats!!! That is genius