Hello I found a supprise under my under coating and am not sure how to go about fixing. Should I cut out this area? How fare up should I go? There are two pices of metal the one is part of the fender sheet. The other must be a pice spot welded for a stiffiner. What is the thickness of the metal?

As you can also see my T/C mounts are very very bent up. Is this a avlable pice for replacement? I have only found fraim rails. They state they dont come with the T/C mounting brackets. Wow what was some one thinking:cry:

eeewww, that looks particularly bad. But anything is fixable. Take your time, read some literature, and do it right. I have no idea how to fix that but to cut it out and weld some less eaten metal in it's place.

Good luck.

Hmmm, that looks vaguely familiar. Yes its a stiffener that is spotwelded over the inner fender sheet metal. I would hazard a guess that is 16-18 gauge. Maybe 20!

The TC "bracket" could be scabbed to - like what the factory did with that stiffener in your picture. BTW, Baddog floor rails weld right over the bottoms of the TC brackets.

Here is a link to one our members method of repair (has pics also):

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28644

Take a look at the pictures in my signature link for some oogly rust on a straight car. You might want to check out the rest of your rails.

Hmmm, that looks vaguely familiar. Yes its a stiffener that is spotwelded over the inner fender sheet metal. I would hazard a guess that is 16-18 gauge. Maybe 20!

The TC "bracket" could be scabbed to - like what the factory did with that stiffener in your picture. BTW, Baddog floor rails weld right over the bottoms of the TC brackets.

Here is a link to one our members method of repair (has pics also):

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28644

Take a look at the pictures in my signature link for some oogly rust on a straight car. You might want to check out the rest of your rails.

Wow that is a lot of rust

BTW, Baddog floor rails. Do you have web link for? My car only has rust in this area and the foors need done, and the battery tray area.

Yup - its a good car except for the bottom 2 inches:mad:

Here is Zeddfindings for floors:

http://www.datsunzparts.com/

Here is Baddog:

http://www.baddogparts.com/index.htm

Here is a good bit of info on the both of them:

http://www.zcar.com/forums/read/1/1998011

Kool thanks for the info. I now have a starting point.