How rusty could it be?

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heres the first few shots of my 70 getting the cancer cut out.

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another :CRAP: :CRAP:

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more... :WOW: :WOW: :WOW:

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yuk.. :ROLL: :ROLL: :ROLL:

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more .. :DOU: :DOU: :DOU:

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and more :YA: :YA: :YA:

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gee... who's that?:HI:

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another few characters to allow me to simply post a picture.......

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and a shot of the brains BEHIND the business doing this for me:PANTS:

[Mike Atwood]

Holy cow! There wasn't much left there!! Looks like you're well on your way to takin' care of business!! Good luck!

[MichaelGarrison]

hey hey!! heres what I did tonight ....

[MichaelGarrison]

Not bad for the first fitting and only 3.5 hours invested so far!!

[MichaelGarrison]

One more !!!

[Smartin]

Lookin' good guys!! Talk about swiss cheese......yikes!

[evil16v]

wooo hoo:WOW: :WOW: :WOW:

[BillMah52]

Amazing that the trunk floor and wells are in such good shape.
How's the floorpan under the rear seat?
Look like someone was very lucky. There should be much more missing metal on that car.

First test fit? How many times ya think you can do that again!
You must have had practice!!!:ROLL:

[MichaelGarrison]

I will have to say really about 50-60% of the time it will fall in place like that. Not bragging or complaining but its not that hard once youve done simular cuts on other cars and trucks. It does take experience however. If a novice bodyman had someone to guide them it wouldnt be as easy, but they could do it too. Personally I use the "see it done vision" as a body man and that helps alot.

[evil16v]

Amazing that the trunk floor and wells are in such good shape.
How's the floorpan under the rear seat?
Look like someone was very lucky. There should be much more missing metal on that car.

First test fit? How many times ya think you can do that again!
You must have had practice!!!:ROLL:

floor pan under rear seat is fine as are the fronts. nothing needed there. the trunk floor does have some issues. not as bad as you would think, but it needs replaced.

[MichaelGarrison]

Well tonight it fits better and its all vice gripped in where it will be after I clean all the surface rust away to get it welded. I have to get out the sand blaster now over the weekend and push it outside so my garage wont be a disaster!!! I also need to make a couple more patches in a couple areas as you can see in the following pictures. enjoy....................

[MichaelGarrison]

another view with all the vice grips holding it where it should be.

[MichaelGarrison]

almost to the end:HI:

[MichaelGarrison]

Last one for today...... I will post more on thursday now. I have wednesday's off :WOW:

[71stage1conv]

:WOW: You guys do some great resto work out there.:TU:

[TXGS]

looking very nice!:WOW:

[Mike Atwood]

Nice work guys.....

If you are at some of the car shows .....take a look at the area circled on the A-body cars. You'll see alot of the cars no longer have a seam........ and then the guys claim that they have a rust free car. I have seen alot of bad things when starting to grind into a project that someone else has "mudded over".
From the job you are doing, I am quite happy to see it cut out and replaced the right way. Nice work!:TU:

[stagedcoach71]

Nice work guys.....

If you are at some of the car shows .....take a look at the area circled on the A-body cars. You'll see alot of the cars no longer have a seam:

Whenever someone muds over the seam the paint always cracks and peels.

Why do people do this?:DOU:

[MichaelGarrison]

I thought this was the only way I know how to fix it??

[gsdave]

Nice progress Mike, 6-9 months of work in some shops done in a week.:TU:

Rob didn't even have to leave a donation:DOU: opps I mean a deposit.:HI:

[BignastyGS]

I thought this was the only way I know how to fix it??

Perhaps we should ask Donny then...:DOU: :PANTS: :PANTS: :LAUGH: :LAUGH:

[69GS400s]

I thought that seam was leaded in ... or is that just the Converts ??

Mike Does have an awsome set of tools

[tufbuick]

Looks like mine is correct........................................... .........http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/tufbuick/24374218.jpg

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No seams on these 'verts............................................ .
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/tufbuick/455edeaf.jpg

[MichaelGarrison]

It looks like it was epoxy glued from the factory.

[evil16v]

Nice progress Mike, 6-9 months of work in some shops done in a week.:TU:

Rob didn't even have to leave a donation:DOU: opps I mean a deposit.:HI:

No but he's got collateral... my car:SPANK:

[Mike Atwood]

I thought that seam was leaded in ... or is that just the Converts ??

Mike Does have an awsome set of tools


I don't think the ragtops have the seams, since the panels are all different than a HT. I think they leaded those in.I could be wrong though. :WINK:

[71stage1conv]

The factory did fill them in on the convertibles... I think I recall Duane mentioning it too:TU:

[MichaelGarrison]

Well this car will definately have seems!! :YA:

[MichaelGarrison]

Well I guess I cant work on it tonight. I wanted to pull it out and sand blast all the rusty areas back. I dont need the mess in my shop!!!!! Its raining and snowing or at least trying too!!! I guess I will work on repro parts tonight instead.........sorry Rob no progress tonight.

[evil16v]

Well I guess I cant work on it tonight. I wanted to pull it out and sand blast all the rusty areas back. I dont need the mess in my shop!!!!! Its raining and snowing or at least trying too!!! I guess I will work on repro parts tonight instead.........sorry Rob no progress tonight.

No sweat. Your haul'n a$$ on it anyway! i'll come take some more shots this weekend

[Stage1 78 Olds]

i was planning to see it in person saturday, but the weather had other plans for me, like shoveling 6.5 inches of wet snow

[70lark]

Thats great work Mike ! I saw the pics on V8 but didn't realize it was your handy work. Whats the ballpark $ on a repair like this done right? Sadly, my car needs the panel replaced too. Its not near that bad, but something I'll get taken care eventually, hopefully this summer. :TU:

[MichaelGarrison]

Thats great work Mike ! I saw the pics on V8 but didn't realize it was your handy work. Whats the ballpark $ on a repair like this done right? Sadly, my car needs the panel replaced too. Its not near that bad, but something I'll get taken care eventually, hopefully this summer. :TU:

Well we agreed on a ball park price to do this and so far it is everything I thought it was to repair. The work is really about to start. Up to this point the cutting and trimming is easy. I might even make it look easier than it is sometimes (comes with the experience I have in doing rust repair) (we live in Kansas!!:DOU: ) The next step is to sand blast out all the areas to get the metal looking good so we can see all the real problems. I would say as long as you have a good part to install here the rest will be easier then. That way the costs are more in your favor. Doing a job like this is a $750 plus or minus ball park and that includesgoing all the way to primed sealed and ready to paint.

[70lark]

Thanks for the input Mike, thats really awsome work. I have a couple shops around here that do resto work but I'll be lucky to get it done in that range $ I'm sure. I was figuring at least double that, but you gotta do what you gotta do..........:CRAP:

[MichaelGarrison]

Ok it was a beautiful day for sand blasting outside!!! Here are the results... Rob sorry they arent good as we hoped.....:DOU:

[MichaelGarrison]

I will be repairing both sides now they both are rusty'r than I was hoping for.

[MichaelGarrison]

That left side above is better than the right side for sure. I hope you are saving these to your computer!??

[evil16v]

No sweat... long as we find it all. let's do what we need to. if ya need i can still go sheck out that 71 and see ifthere is anything usable. i need to bring it when i get that chance anyway.
yup, and will copy the pix tonight.:TU:

[Stage1 78 Olds]

it'll look like new when done :)

[evil16v]

Here is today's Todays progress. this time the rear filler and and associated are out of the way for the passenger side package tray/ window channel repair(replacement).

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more from the afternoon shift....

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[Stage1 78 Olds]

looks very good!!!!

[MichaelGarrison]

My turn to post some here.

[MichaelGarrison]

All ready to start welding my ass off now.

[MichaelGarrison]

Look ma no vise grips!!!:YA:

[MichaelGarrison]

Other side

[MichaelGarrison]

I have one more corner to repair before the grinding process.............

[Stage1 78 Olds]

that's excellent workmanship in action:YA: :TU:

[MichaelGarrison]

Look ma no more welding!!! :YA:

[MichaelGarrison]

wow whats that spot??? :DOU: darn camera!! Ok the green is the etch coat to keep it from rusting up...

[Stage1 78 Olds]

that looks AWESOME!!
i look forward to seeing it in tomorrow when i arrive to work on my ride :)

[evil16v]

damn..mikes been busy!

[70lark]

Thats an excellent repair:TU:

[BillMah52]

Very nice Mike. Looks to be a nice solid repair.
Whenever I see the end result to this particular repair I think in hindsight that it would be nice to see someone show this in detail with many pictures.
Some people need to see the detail and fab work that is involved even before the weld process.
Another area is the deck filler to quarterpanel seam. People seem to be all over the place with this. I've seen them welded, leaded, puttied, caulked, and seam sealer. Good opportunity to show those that are interested.

PS. You ever think of doing this to make a living?:T:

[GKsGS400]

What I'd like to know is if he is keeping that awesome paint scheme?:T: :TU:

[MichaelGarrison]

NOPE No more flames !!!

[JEFF STRUBE]

I would say if you want all your Rust Repair and Bodywork and Paint Done Right Send it to Mike Garrison. You can tell from the Pictures that Mike Doesn't Cut Corner's. Like lot's of other's do. When you see them do good work you have them Do it all. A good Bodyman is hard to find.

[Stage1 78 Olds]

i saw the repair up close, and it is very impressive workmanship.
Mike takes his time and does a good job

[Jim Rodgers]

Nice Work!:TU:

[Jim Rodgers]

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[evil16v]

I'm kinda lik'n it myself. may be close to completion this weekend.:BROW:


Damn... I've got big block withdrawl......

[MichaelGarrison]

been to cold to drive it without a backglass anyway!!!

[evil16v]

IT'll be clean and there This weekend:TU: i need to ammonia soak it and get rid of the rest of the crappy window tint.:BLAST:

[evil16v]

What sucks is the newly spread layer of crap...er... salt on the road:SPANK: I won't be doin nutt'n for a while now.

[MichaelGarrison]

Primer tonight!

[MichaelGarrison]

Rob are you getting these?? :TU:

[evil16v]

:TU:

"Summer's comm'n...."

[Stage1 78 Olds]

looking awesome!!!!

[MichaelGarrison]

whats up now!!??:YA:

[Stage1 78 Olds]

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!:YA: :YA: :YA: :YA: :TU: :TU: :TU: :TU:
i even saw a glimpse of my front bumper in the last pic :)

[MichaelGarrison]

All thats left is the touch up on the outside to get us thru till its painted!!:YA:

[BillMah52]

Ahhhhhh. We love to see SOLID!
Nice work Mike. Good attention to detail.:TU:

[evil16v]

I love it when a plan comes together....

(Think A-Team)

Now... time turn my attention to an entirely differnt project:BROW:

[MichaelGarrison]

You make the room for that new trailer??

[evil16v]

This answer your question?:BEERS:

[MichaelGarrison]

man that thing is big on your driveway!!

[evil16v]

:T:

[Stage1 78 Olds]

nice trailer Rob, you're car is a lookin' great!!

[MichaelGarrison]

Spot it in so it dont look too bad going down the road.....and all that left is put the decklid on her!!!:YA:

[MichaelGarrison]

ok one more then Rob gets to take her home!!! Then someday soon we will do the whole car!!

[Stage1 78 Olds]

looks sweeeeeeeet!!!! :TU: :TU: :YA: :YA:
a work of......GENIUS !

[evil16v]

ok one more then Rob gets to take her home!!! Then someday soon we will do the whole car!!

I think i have dang near settled on a certain theme with the pearl:BROW:

[jason weissinge]

That looks all too familiar! I feel your pain.:WOW: