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[c240z]

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:

[Zedyone_kenobi]

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.

[oldhemi]

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.

[c240z]

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

[c240z]

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.

[oldhemi]

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

[c240z]

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