Continuing the unending saga of the car that will end up made entirely of weld bead.
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So - apropos of nothing, but does this really mean my brake booster has not
the original but a damn near 50 year old reman? |
I cleaned out the back side of the bed.
Also - and not pictured -
the front panel is ground and trimmed so it fits "flush", for certain values
of "flush". I still need to finish welding the side flanges though. |  |
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Start with scraping the putty stuff. Note the hole left center. |
And here's the passenger side. The putty here needs to go. |  |
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Pass side, with the putty gone. Note that the bottom edge of the panel
is also gone. That's... unfortunate. |
On the driver's side, without the putty. The rust on the side
panel isn't as bad. |  |
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Rust bit next to/just behind the rear wheel. |
and rust at the trailing edge of the bed. |  |
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Shoved an L-square in there so I could tell how big the patch needed to be. |
When checking the depth of the square... what kind of half-ass repair is
this?
I mean - really - I know my first round on the car I did some
seriously questionable repairs, but this is worse than what I'd have
accepted even then. |  |
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Probably the same kind of half-ass repair as this one.
Seriously,
wth?
Still, probably mark this one as "won't-fix"; might
just cut off the screw shanks. |
Same deal on the driver's side. Since I couldn't read, just use
the yellow paint marker to get a distance. |  |
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Ooh.. math!
Looks like an inch and a half. |
Also - I don't much like the way these stacked panel edges look but
probably won't do anything about it. |  |
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Hey look, a hole! |
Patched. |  |
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So I figured I'd just rebuild the flange , then screw them together to take
up the gap.
That's not how it worked out - new flange, but the screws
opted to not pull anything together.
I don't know yet how I'm going
to fix this. |
Opted for a different option on the pass side - single patch, for both
the bed floor and sidewall. That should prevent that issue. |  |
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And, of course, fix some rust -> get more rust.
Filled these with
weld bead, because that's how I roll. |
Partially welded the seam. Need to finish welding. |  |
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Patch for the hole near the wheelwell. |
Weld, grind, weld, grind. |  |
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Similar with the rust at the trailing edge. |