u/Broke-mfer

I’ve owned this thing for 17years now and it’s been off the road for 9 of those years(kids happened you know the story). I’ve been slowly picking away at it the past few years as time and money allow and this weekend I was finally able to get the exterior painted. Now I just have to put the trim back on and mess with a few issues but she’ll be hopefully few weeks I’ll have it back on the road. For all you perfectionist…yeah,yeah I know I’m a hack I painted it with the bumpers on it…to bad so sad. I also tried something different for me anyways and jammed the fenders and door jams all at once with the exterior to avoid mask lines which I think worked out nicely.

Here’s the real repair if anyone is interested. We don’t usually do rust but it’s slow so we took this in. Had to fab a patch out of a junk fender.

I thought this post would help others on here since I see a lot of rust questions. My close friend had a little rust on his vehicle and him knowing I’m a professional technician asked if I could fix it. I of course said yes but I’ve never done rust repair so I asked A1 for help. Here are the results so far. I used structural double side tape to hold the custom patch panel I fabricated onto the rusted area. Followed by a thin skim of bondo brand filler (best quality in the biz). I’m at the point to begin blocking using my pro grade ultra flat block for the most laser straight body work you’ve ever seen. I need to run down to tractor supply and get some new holland blue spray cans I think that’ll give a proper color match but that’s still a few days away. Now this is a close friend so I’m thinking of only charging $4,500usd for my professional services a bargain if you ask me. I hope this helps with your future rust repair endeavors.