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: Help Firewall problems, What do I do?!?!?!?!


YenkoChevelle69
Oct 15th, 02, 1:24 PM
Ok, as with most all of the A-body cars my 69 chevelle has some rot behind the kick panels. and I think my body mounts may have some too. I have already purchased full floor pans and the toe pans that extend up to the actual firewall. They will take care of alot of the rust but what do I do about the very bottom side corners? Directly behind the dog legs of the fenders where the firewall has the large seam where it is welded to the body. I have a bone yard close to me with 4 or 5 69 Chevelles in it. But they are all kentucky cars and we have good along with bad. More bad. My car is a conneticut car so you can't get much worse than that. Anyway, should I cut the corners off of a donor car? or can a good body man patch it back to factory spec?

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drptop70ss
Oct 15th, 02, 2:02 PM
Depends on how bad it is, if its easily fixed with a simple patch then patch it. If multiple pieces have to be hand made then it would probably be better to get a section off a donor car, especially if you are paying for someones time to make those panels. Ask the person doing the work to be sure which way to go.

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