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I've got exactly the same place rusted. I presume you have a 70 and up model. In that spot where it rusted is a body stiffener- the reason it rusts through is that it also makes for a very good place for dirt and mud and salt to accumulate in, and has no place to drain because the drain holes clog easily there. I'd like to see what others here think. Me, I want to replace it with steel- I personally think this is the "right" way to do this. I don't think a 2 x 4 " hole is "small", by the way. A quarter-sized hole- that's small. And you are correct- I wouldn't weld without removing the fuel tank. Luckily, the fuel tank is actually fairly reasonable to remove. On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:34:38 -0500, D Ruesch <druesch@lycos.com> wrote: > I've got a spot about 2" wide by 4" inches long in my front "trunk" that is rusted through. It runs from near the brake fluid reservoir diagonally toward the gas tank. I'm assuming it's not safe to weld in that area without removing the gas tank and other stuff. Anyone have an opinion regarding a fiberglass repair in that area? I'm not a purist, but I do want a repair that will last. Since the area is small I don't think strength of the repair is a big factor. What would you folks recommend? > > Del Ruesch > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >