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Haven’t heard of the paintable converter sealer. Sounds like you have it well and truly covered.


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So finished of rear quaters. Will make the boot sections to rear quater inner panels later in the week. Found the last bit of bog and rust in the dog legs Image

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Good work, taking shape.
Rust, eh?..... the scourge of all Holden owners... fear not, plenty available to fill the holes..

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Finished off the rear quaters inner / boot today. Dog legs next and s bit in the seals and that is all the steel work completed.ImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Great work as always Taz EK. Holy dogleg!


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I doubt you'll ever see it like this again, Taz.... do it once, do it right - great work

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Great work Taz love this build can't wait to see it finished.
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Yes a great feeling when you complete rust repairs, nice work Taz.

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Can't believe how much of my time this repair has sucked up so far. Need to fab up new inner sections next.ImageImageImageImage

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What can you do? Find a car that doesn't have rusted doglegs. Nice job. These things take time.

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Errol62 wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:24 pm What can you do? Find a car that doesn't have rusted doglegs. Nice job. These things take time.

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Tassie still has a moat around it thank god. Got a couple here need rebuildingImageImagenot to mention the sills.


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Errol62 wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:01 pm Tassie still has a moat around it thank god. Got a couple here need rebuildingImageImagenot to mention the sills.


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OMG I got off lightly LOL. All my seals are fine with the rust confined to the dog legs.
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Unusual in my experience. Outer sills are practically a given on an original shell. I was lucky with my Ute. Fingers crossed. At least when you replace them you know they're good inside.

Keep at it you're doing gods work.

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Another before and after shot. Ran out of gas so could not finish the inside section.ImageImage

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