Project rust box time to save the gul

[t5 pete]

Yep not bad at all one day to take all the under side off axel fuel tank etc and full interior out and another day to cut and weld the underside after that its the crap bit of striping all the old underseal off to replace with new

[graemewelch]

burn it off with a butane turch if your brave enough. the type the roofers use. thatll make light work of it. i used to used stonechip and the paint the floor and arches using either hammerite if was white or 2k. with out doubt its the easiest. when my volvo got repaired a while back they used a ruber coating on the boot floor. its prevents it from chiping and looks like factory

[t5 pete]

Yeah im going to give burning it off a go first and as for the under sealer I was thinking of getting a paint shop to mix a batch of under sealer the same colour as the car.

[V70 Graham]

Hopefully in a month or two once ive sorted the spare bedroom out I will make a start on the under side and get all that sorted rewelded and fully striped and new underseal also all new bushes on the read axel.

Your gonna do the restoration in the 'spare room'

[t5 pete]

Your gonna do the restoration in the 'spare room'

Graham all that slow driving you do gives you way too much time to think

[al c]

Hi,

Good luck with this, glad to see it's not just me that tries to save them from rusting into the ground!

Have you checked the odd curve in front of the front strut mounts, behind the black plastic box, on the drivers side, for rust? One of my guls has a hole you can put your fingers through in there.

Looks like the inner wing liners don't stop crud from going up in there and getting trapped. Mine looked like it had rusty streaks down the inside, until I checked the back.... and then the crying started....

[t5 pete]

Hi,

Good luck with this, glad to see it's not just me that tries to save them from rusting into the ground!

Have you checked the odd curve in front of the front strut mounts, behind the black plastic box, on the drivers side, for rust? One of my guls has a hole you can put your fingers through in there.

Looks like the inner wing liners don't stop crud from going up in there and getting trapped. Mine looked like it had rusty streaks down the inside, until I checked the back.... and then the crying started....

Yeah its will be nice to bring the car back to how it used to be and how it should be. regarding the odd curve do you mean behind the ecu box?

[al c]

Yes, if you look behind the ecu box and the expansion header tank, tucked up in the corner, and the same on the other side, the coumpound curve has rotted out on mine. If I could work out how to make my work network let me attach pictures I could show you better, pictures being worth a thousand words and all that.......

[Tomcat]

I found some rust thats starting behind the rear arch liner on the drivers side, it's not too far gone yet but it's certainly not surface rust. I always thought that these cars just didnt rust at all, apparently I was wrong.

[stribo]

I found some rust thats starting behind the rear arch liner on the drivers side, it's not too far gone yet but it's certainly not surface rust. I always thought that these cars just didnt rust at all, apparently I was wrong.

Any car made of steel is at risk of rusting, even galvanised ones, just some are higher risk than others.

[M-R-P]

Ahem ***ford***

[al c]

Yes, I was of the same opinion, before I started poking around too deeply. The other favourite seems to be the spacing bracket between the inner and outer wings, in front of the front wheels.

[stribo]

Ahem ***ford***

Earlier Fords definitely, my Cougar was half galvanised, as they all were but still rusted. Look at how bad the Mercs were in the 90's, and they cost alot more.

[Tomcat]

I always think about early fords when I think of rust, spent half my early driving days repairing rusty fords..

[t5 pete]

What most people seem to forget is that these cars are around 20 yrs old now so tbh they have done brilliant to get to this age look at a lot of other cars from the mid to eairly 90's they haven't faired so well.
Best thing to do with our cars is when you first see rust get it sorted and not leave it or just give it a quick rub and hope for the best as that's how it spreads and gets a lot worse.

[Tomcat]

Yeah you make a good point Pete, because they stand up to so much punishment and last so long everyone forgets just how old these cars are.

[t5 pete]

Update time
As I now have a donour car I needed to strip a few items off bumble bee (yes that's its name) to see the extent of the rust and what needed replacing tbh its not bad at all with most of the rust just being surface and will grind back to solid metal other areas will be cut out and replaced.
I also started stripping the underseal off it wasn't too hard the scraper and angle grinder made short work of it and with a good rub down with brake and clutch cleaner it will be ready for primer then new under seal once all the repair work has been done.
Any way piccys


Rear bumper bracket

And the bumper main bolts was a nice challenge to remove with out snapping

[t5 pete]

Exhaust bracket may possible need a new one


Wings



Most likely the problem with the abs


Zorst tunnel


Nice and clean

[t5 pete]

Next will be to drop fuel take and rear axel then a full strip of the under side.

[Nealevo]

Next will be to drop fuel take and rear axel then a full strip of the under side.

I've taxed worse!!!