Check out my rust!!!!

Evening all I just thought I would post a few pictures of my rust. I was pleasantly suprised when I stripped it out. My sills and mounts need doing ripped everything up my suprise was hardly any rust .

The only things that need doing is a patch in my rear arch where there is daylight and a small bit the edge of the boot floor. So I'm here to gloat ha.

Danny

Inside view

Under rear wheel arch

Boot floor very happy as you can see

Just surface rust I hope.

I've just seen a whole lot worse on another forum members car - but don't be too smug until you've taken the sill covers off.

I know I have left them on for now but they are getting changed so I don't mind just happy with the rest of it.

I'd be happy with that!:nothingtoadd:

pic on post 5 has already had a repair looking at the paint line.
see how good a job's been done when you start cleaning it all up.

I believe it has already had a new floor in as the paint is a different colour all round. It just looks like a shoddy repair it feels a bit bubbly but quite solid still ill see what happens when I clean it all out properly.

Danny

Well my smugness has not lasted long at all. Got some hex bits so I can dismantle the rear seats took all the plastic off then it started. My small hole has now grown into a rather large one I'm not happy:mad2::mad2:.

Then looked at the other arch after dismantling that thought its not too bad a bit of bubbling but I can cope.



Then I poked and a bit moved and this came out. Looks like someone has bodied it will filler and wire gauze so left a great hole on this side.

This is the hole I now have.

So I have both sills then both rear wheel arches and that's all I can find.....for now anyway:violent::violent:

Can someone remind me as why the hell do we do these for these cars that just keep falling to pieces no matter how we treat them. I will update next week when I get in the process of welding it.

Danny

as long as your good with a welder its all fixable

andrewblueboy said:

as long as your good with a welder its all fixable

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I'm not too be honest but my Mate who is helping me is so hope he can do it well!

while your mate is welding get him to teach you. well worth learning esp if your keeping a land rover

Well I have done a bit of gas welding but that was seeing if I could get a few plates together I was crap a that. I'm hoping I can learn as you say great skill when owning a landy

Just practice and before long you will be confident to tackle most of these types of job.

i'm doing the same with mine at the moment! have thought many o time to jack it in and break it! she'll be a good-un after all the work is done! just oil leaks to sort then!

Same with mine rowlesy I have got leaks as well, but it is a landy and I think all of them have a little leak. I'm lucky enough I don't have a sunroof so once less thing to stop leaking