Some of the sections removed needed some patch work, or complete reconstruction, 1st time using shaping hammers .


Made some small lill support vertical brackets hard to see in pics (below)
Really helps when lifting car I no longer see any flexing on that side.


All the rust is removed

And I restore my destroyed pinch weld seem , finally after 15 yrs I was able to care take of this.

Great job on the repair! I'm still staring at mine waiting for it to just disappear on its own.
Luckily I have my rust free parts car so I don't have to be Mr shape shifter.
Absolutely zero time to work on it which has been depressing.

jesse12345 said:

Great job on the repair! I'm still staring at mine waiting for it to just disappear on its own.
Luckily I have my rust free parts car so I don't have to be Mr shape shifter.
Absolutely zero time to work on it which has been depressing.

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So envious, I noticed that’s what many do chop a donor up, I decided I wanted to try and learn how to shape metal so it was a nice experience.

Looking forward to seeing your progress as well.

I'm not going to lie seeing your progress literally made me make some time tonight to work on my car. I made quite some progress so I'll have to post an update soon. Thanks for the motivation it was seriously needed.

Small moves…

Scrubbed / scuffed the belly - factory red came off easy leaving a clean primer’d
surface.


Painted




Sanded the exhaust system clean, added a high flow kitty and a ultra- quiet resonator, and gave the exhaust shield a new look.

unfortunately I lost a few weeks, old injuries had me bed ridden for some time. But I’m still working on it

I used this stuff it’s great did the rear frame, drive shaft and axels. It’s not satin at all but w/e, I also sprayed this in the cavities that I sand blasted


I’m still working on shaping the last outer layer of skin on the rockers


I found some surface rust UNDER the factory rubber coating on the wheel wells, so it’s looking like she is gonna stay on stands a lill longer …………all of this just so I can go back to slaving on the interior/exterior once she comes back down.

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In more pleasant news, look at how cute !!!! My lill peaches are - they started growing after the last Florida winter that killed my garden !!!

Looking great! I'm still in heavy shock that a Florida car has this much rust, I didn't think I'd ever see that.

jesse12345 said:

Looking great! I'm still in heavy shock that a Florida car has this much rust, I didn't think I'd ever see that.

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I’ve seen so much worse DSMs here in FL

So much worse !

That's wild to me. Is it from the salty water or just humidity that does it?

jesse12345 said:

That's wild to me. Is it from the salty water or just humidity that does it?

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I’m thinking it’s both.