Progress on rust repairs

[240dkw]

Well it seems to be a few threads showing updates to members projects and as I did not want to be left out here are a few photos of my car.

The first one is a before and after of the TC rail area.

Before I sealed it up I ran a borescope up the rails and found the rail gone behind the support plate over the front cross member. Again a before and after, from the outside you could not tell there was a problem it just looked like a bit of surface rust around the plate (glad I did the borescope). Next is the rocker panel under the front fender, I used the Tabco part for this repair. The last three are the progress on the drivers rear 1/4. I picked up a set of rear 1/4's this past winter in AZ while on vacation. I started on the front drivers side and am working my way around the car. All of the repairs have been POR 15 treated on the inside as I have gone. At the rate I am going I hope to be done by next spring.

[steve91tt]

Wow, looks like great progress. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts!

[Mikes Z car]

Do you have any borseight camera pictures? Where did you get the boresight camera? I made one for my frame rails and other areas but haven't used it yet.

Mike

[JohnnyO]

Dan,

Looks like a lot of work but you seem to have a handle on it. Post more pics as you go.

BTW, Last week I installed the door panels you picked up for me. They look great. I cannot thank you enough.

Good luck and take care,

John

[240dkw]

Do you have any borseight camera pictures? Where did you get the boresight camera? I made one for my frame rails and other areas but haven't used it yet.

Mike

Mike: I used a borescope camera call "Snake eye" that I borrowed from work.

http://www.snakeeye.com/

I do not have any photos as I did not hook up the recorder to the borescope. I still the other rail to do so maybe I will try doing a video recording than.

Dan

[240dkw]

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Looks like a lot of work but you seem to have a handle on it. Post more pics as you go.

BTW, Last week I installed the door panels you picked up for me. They look great. I cannot thank you enough.

Good luck and take care,

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John: It has been a steep but enjoyable learning curve. I am glad the panels look great.

Dan

[oldhemi]

I am curious as to what you did between the pics of removing the crossmember stiffener and welding it back on. Could you explain what you did as i have a similar problem that can be seen in the link in my signature. Thanks!

[240dkw]

I am curious as to what you did between the pics of removing the crossmember stiffener and welding it back on. Could you explain what you did as i have a similar problem that can be seen in the link in my signature. Thanks!

oldhemi: I had photos, but missplaced the memory card:stupid:

I started out by putting a 90 bend in a patch panel at a depth that is the same as the deepest part of the stiffener. I than clamped the patch to the back of the stiffener and used it to hammer the panel it to the shape. I ended up with a folded crease at each end that I filled in with a weld to stiffen it up. I hope this makes sense.

Dan

[240dkw]

Time for an update. I have worked my way around the car to the right rear quarter, here is a photo of the old one removed. The only bad spot underneath was the dogleg area. After cutting out the bad, I treated everything with the silver POR15. next up is to weld on a non rusted rear rocker section and then the new rear quarter.

[240dkw]

While I have replacing my rear quarters with a set from a 73, I found a couple of things that are different. In the first photos the is a "eyebrow" on the top outer corner of the main body that fills in a open area on the quarter panel. This does not exist on the series 1 quarter. The next set show the door latch area. The series 1 has a very small spot welded bracket to hold on the latch plate backing, and the later one has quite a large reinforced bracket for the latch.

[geezer]

You are progressing very well Dan! I enjoy looking at pics of Zs turned inside out and comparing them to what I've found on mine. Looking great so far, keep up the good work.

[rturbo 930]

Wow, I no longer feel too bad about the rust that needs to be fixed on my '71. Do you have any more pictures of the repairs you did on the reinforced section of the frame rail above the TC rod mount? Preferably during the repair if you have them.

Also, I'm wondering if you have rust in the seam that connects the inner and outer rear wheel wells. The seam that the strut tower butts up against.

Edited November 29, 2010 by rturbo 930