Anyone have body rot in this area that can offer me advice on how to fix it?
I dont know what to call this region but its the only place im scared of repairing since theres so many different spot welded sheet metals and the front body mount location.
Its the Rocker area at the lower rear of the Front 1/4 on both sides. Where your feet would sit on the inside in front of the door is rotting out near the edge seam (few pinholes, but it bugs me). Looks like the cowl drains got clogged many times throughout its daily driver life and held water which rotted it out. The left side quarter dosent even have a enough metal to attach to (welded in some angle iron for now).
Worst case scenerio i think i have to take the body off the frame and reconstruct the whole area out of 18 guage mild steel
. I would also reinforce the body mounts while im under there.
Is there any easier way to do this?
I cant think of a worse area to work on, its so cramped and hard to get to evn with the dash out.
Thanks
-Ryan
I dont know what to call this region but its the only place im scared of repairing since theres so many different spot welded sheet metals and the front body mount location.
Its the Rocker area at the lower rear of the Front 1/4 on both sides. Where your feet would sit on the inside in front of the door is rotting out near the edge seam (few pinholes, but it bugs me). Looks like the cowl drains got clogged many times throughout its daily driver life and held water which rotted it out. The left side quarter dosent even have a enough metal to attach to (welded in some angle iron for now).
Worst case scenerio i think i have to take the body off the frame and reconstruct the whole area out of 18 guage mild steel
. I would also reinforce the body mounts while im under there.Is there any easier way to do this?
I cant think of a worse area to work on, its so cramped and hard to get to evn with the dash out.
Thanks
-Ryan
