10 March 2019
Rear Rust Repair, pt 3 of so many
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Continuing the unending saga of the car that will end up made entirely of
weld bead.
Weld and cut and weld and bend and weld and bend. |
Also had to make the lip, since the old one was rusted away. | |
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I remain not a very good welder. Weldor. Whatever. |
It ain't perfect but bondo will hide a lot of sins.
Not pictured:
The patch in the wheelwell did not match the outside bend. | |
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Made a new patch that did, and cut the inner fender away to join cleanly.
Primed all the things, in preparation for seam sealer -- there are areas in
here that will be inaccessible once this is closed up. |
Alternate view
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I do not expect to need this part, but I can't see throwing it away yet. |
Time to start on the pass side bed closeout. | |
This is the point where I ran out of welding wire. Don't
want to get cleaned up and make a run right now, so may as well clean up so I
can work easier.
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I can see (most of) the bed. |
And now I have access to the workbench and room to work! Woo! | |
Went and got the welding wire.
Once you have wire, it's time to weld. |
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Welded the perimeter. Still need to make a patch for the inner corner
of the bed. |
And, since God is an iron, here's where I ran out of shielding gas.
Even though I didn't have the shielding, I went
ahead and welded in the patch on the passenger side package tray.
You
can kinda see the holes in
this image from
last week. | |
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