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RUST REPAIR
1967 CHEVY CHEVELLE
Rust repair to seal out water in the interior and trunk area
The RUST
Rear deck panel, removed
Rust thru, all around window frame
Left side
Top too
Leaking into trunk
Windshield up front too
Dash repair
Sandblasting
I made Cutouts to make blasting, just limited areas safer. Interior was still in car. Just doing glass frames for now, to seal out water
The results
Top of dash, right
Top of dash, left
Had a vinyl top, so a little rust Everywhere
To the right
And on the left
The back
Rear body panel. under deck lid
Lower right
On the top
To the left
The left lower
Inner deck panel, all clean, notice that the gorilla tape survived
Drip rails too, this is on the right
Rust thru on the right driprail
The right rear
Front above the right door
Tomorrow, Primer
Sealer before Repair
Wrapped up
Ready to seal the raw metal
All rust is gone
Rear body panel too
Sealed
Ready for replacement
Big hole, inner sail panel
Dash too
Time for a solution
Final repair, then Color
Factory seam, and rust resurface
Dents in top
Done for now, Finnish in the Spring
Primer
Multiple primer coats
A top coat of color
Not done yet, But at least it’s Red
The Solution
The New panel
Moulding retainer “Tits” installed
Trimmed and Fitted
Ready to weld
Weldin into place
Metal replacement in this large spot
Welded in
Finished , ready to resurface
A little plastic will do it
On, to the front
First, the dash repair
No welding, I used panel replacement epoxy to retain patches
Then the new panel
Welded in
This is the rear body panel, trunk jamb
Repaired
Primer
Ready for Paint
Primer coat over replaced area
Prep to put finnish coat on dash top
Finnish coat, Black
Repair complete on back glass area. Primer coat
A coat of color
Reinstall back glass
Primer upper windshield
Color coat on windshield frame
Install new windshield
Repair on rusted driprail
Left side, I pour primer in rail and let it soak in
Stripper
Sandblast small holes under vinyl top
color coat [edge] trunk jamb
First Phase, Complete! Glass installed and a base color
Looking for remaining Rust in Body
Stripper! I’m a Stripper!
Color off, primer next
Gettin down to the Original Green
Now the Plastic
And again
And again
Naked finally
The Right side
The damage
LOTS! of plastic
The rear on right
Rust under the plastic
Some really deep plastic
Decklid
Closeup
Original Green
Factory coat
Naked
What surprises will the Hood hold
Color off, now a Pile of red oxide lacquer primer
Yup! Piles of Plastic
Thewhole surface is Plastic
The cave ins
Fender tops
The replacement dash panel is about 1/4″ short
Left side, I need to build to match the body lines
Doors look good
Right Fender
Naked on right
Carwarsh
All Clean
Doors
Quarters and Rear Body
Color on the Body
Deck Lid
The color choices
