here is some pictures from my body work..

here are some pictures.. harder than I thought it would be, but not too bad.. tack welded the tim in place, then JB weld to hold it good.. seems to work pretty good..

Been there done that. One suggestion. If there is any bondo open to the backside I'd try to get some of the rattle can spray undercoating over it from the back. Even if you have to drill a hole somewhere from inside and blindly spray it around (liberally) as much as possible. What you want to do is try and prevent moisture from contacting any bondo from the back. Bondo absorbs moisture readily and in that case rust will reappear at the bondo/steel interface around the edges. In 3 or 4 months you'll see your new paint bubbling up there. If you can keep the backside of it dry, the whole repair will last longer.

Rod

I can remember being pretty crude on rust through fixes. My state used to have safety inspections every six months and if there were any rust throughs, you just wouldn't get a sticker. If you didn't have a sticker, you'd be ticketed (and fined) by the police. This was also back in the late '50s into the '60s. With little money and trying to keep a car on the road, you really didn't much care how it looked or how long it lasted. Getting the inspection sticker was the only real short term necessity. I've stuffed steel wool or wire mesh as a backing into rust outs, covered it with bondo and rattle-canned over it. That was enough to pass inspection and that was all that mattered - until the next time. I always get a smile when I go past high schools nowadays. There doesn't seem to be a rust bucket in the bunch. All fairly new vehicles and all look to be in good shape. Not sure where the money comes from - mommy and daddy I guess. That wasn't the way when I was a teen. Bondo, duct tape, bailing wire and just about anything you could scrounge that worked for the task was used. I can recall using the tin cans that pizza mix used to come in wrapped around exhaust pipe rustouts and held in place with old muffler clamps or wire. It quieted things down fine for a while - and that was good enough to avoid ticketing.

Rod

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and here is my 'purdy air cleaner.. lol
Tim Shultz

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