1964 Rust project again

Frogeye61 · Post by **Frogeye61** » Tue May 28, 2019 2:37 pm

Late March
I welded up a mount for the rear subframe, but had to mount the frame in order to drill the mounting bolt holes.

IMG_20190326_080032 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Then I dug out the old rear subframe and mounted it. It's heavy with all the suspension components attached!

IMG_20190327_181925 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Holes drilled, job done.

By April I welded on the lower panel with jack mount and epoxy paint inside and painted the outside.

(Almost) The whole bottom got a thin coat of gloss black epoxy.

IMG_20190408_073717 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Rear side got a homemade repair panel (but it was made from the old side from Peter's car, and therefore almost original)

IMG_20190411_192623 by frogeye61, on Flickr

I finally welded on the battery box repair. It was a lot easier than changing the whole box, and I'm happy I did it this way, but it's not very original looking. It won't rust nearly as fast!

IMG_20190425_210439 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Then it was time to start on the dreaded Front wheel wells.

Frogeye61 · Post by **Frogeye61** » Thu May 30, 2019 6:32 pm

April I was fixing all the holes in the glove shelf panel and firewall.
then I finally (after owning this thing for 10 years) got around to putting the "new" lower dash face on.

IMG_20190424_193816 by frogeye61, on Flickr

The top dash panel was rather bad also with cuts, welded over the ash tray, and old instrument panel welded onto it. I ended up welding the holes closed and grinding it as smooth as possible.

IMG_20190428_192619 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Compare to when I bought this car

Dash-mod 2 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Dash-below by frogeye61, on Flickr

Then in early May I actually got the rear valence plug-welded in place.

IMG_20190430_185407 by frogeye61, on Flickr

Frogeye61 · Post by **Frogeye61** » Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:45 pm

IMG_20190430_205702 by frogeye61, on Flickr

I can't imagine why they would have cut holes in the bins. I just welded them up. Easier.

IMG_20190503_192549 by frogeye61, on Flickr

The whole bottom of the car was badly covered in "rust protection". It actually scraped off easily enough.

IMG_20190508_172002 by frogeye61, on Flickr

IMG_20190509_162353 by frogeye61, on Flickr

The entire front is cleaned up, holes repaired, straightened, reinforced for driving lights etc.

IMG_20190509_165325 by frogeye61, on Flickr