Rust on inner fender

[SHOTIME]

Has anybody run into this before? It looks like some major fab work. There is a hole on the left and right sides of the inner fender where the cross member is mounted. I saw in the how to restore book the guy did pretty much the same thing. If you've done this before, what was involved in fixing it? I can't go out and buy another car with a better body because I don't have the space. (3 going on 4 cars) I'm not concerned with the cost involved.

[2ManyZs]

Yup, seen it many times....:cross-eye

Best thing to do is to cut out as much of the rust as you can and plate it with patch panels. It will take a little time to bend them to to fit exactly, but it isn't too bad.. Try to use the same thickness of metal to patch as what is there.

You can butt weld in a patch that is formed to the exact size of the hole, or just put a square patch on each side and then grind the welds down to make them less noticeable. Just make sure whatever you do, get all the rusted and compromised metal out so you won't have it rusting again.