It seems that no matter how solid a car looks, when you dig into it, you always find more "tin worm" damage than expected. Well after several delays from the "events of life", we have finally finished replacing rot on Dad's car. Now we can move on to the chassis. Here are a few photos of what we had to replace.
We knew the trunk floor had to be replaced before we bought the car. We didn't know the tail panel across the back of the trunk was also rotten.
There were a few small bubbles showing through lower part of the trunk lid when we bought it. Ended up replacing the bottom 3 inches of the inner structure and outer skin.
Also found rot on the inner quarter, in front of the rear tire on the drivers side.
It wasn't obvious until we got the front fender off and turned upside down that the inner apron was all rotted behind the battery box.
Continued in next post.
We knew the trunk floor had to be replaced before we bought the car. We didn't know the tail panel across the back of the trunk was also rotten.
There were a few small bubbles showing through lower part of the trunk lid when we bought it. Ended up replacing the bottom 3 inches of the inner structure and outer skin.
Also found rot on the inner quarter, in front of the rear tire on the drivers side.
It wasn't obvious until we got the front fender off and turned upside down that the inner apron was all rotted behind the battery box.
Continued in next post.
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