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On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 04:55, Robin Goodfellow wrote:
> I was wondering about things working myself....this
> seems to be the friskyist group I've been in in ages.
> No threads for 2 days and I figured the server was
> down.
> Okies. I have a question.
> Given the crazy weather we've been having in Detroit
> here I actually managed to get a good look at my
> little primered beastie w/o a foot of snow on her.
> Apon removing the fiber mat covering the gas tank,
> which I intend to remove and clean out. I to my
> misfornune have discovered that both inner and outer
> wells in the front are rotted through. One was very
> poorly patched with what seems to be alluminum
> flashing and a rivet gun. Which of course will just
> make things rust all the faster. Both bumpers are
> pretty much intact but the mountings have rusted
> through at the welds where they meet the body.
> Any suggestions on repair. Will if be easier to
> fabricate the parts myself and reweld them or should I
> be looking for a donor body come spring time?
> According to the PO the beastie ('69 squareback w/ FI)
> was running fine until he'd removed the exhaust to try
> and replace it. Couldn't get the new exhaust to fit
> right so he put the old one back on. After examining
> what my head could see w/o jacking up the car. His
> "putting back on" of the old muffler appears to be
> bolting it back up and using bondo to stick the pipes
> back together. Completly ignoring the fact I guess
> that the pipes leading from the muffler are rotted off
> after about 3 inches. ;) Oops. guess that might have
> caused his bad engine running due to the backpressure
> issues any ideas guys?
>
If you want them, and are willing to drive to Iowa for them, I have a
complete, pretty much rust free (for the mid west) '69 donor car here
for parts. I can take pictures when the car isn't covered in snow.
--
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
'05 KIA Sorento SUV
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org
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