"Lil Rusty" My second Bronco

[fatboy]

Sweet! Looks like maybe you are going to get into the restoration business...

 

[tasker]

GREAT WORK!! let us see how this turns out! going to able to use that cowl piece?

 

[brianstrange]

WOW!!! Nice work Brian, there's an led light at the end of the tunnel lol

 

[.94 OR]

Are you using a burn through primer on the seams?

Going to be helping my neighbor put some floor board patches in a Triumph TR3 and I'm busy taking notes.

 

[migs]

Sweet! Looks like maybe you are going to get into the restoration business...

Wait... are you telling me I could get paid to work on Broncos??!!;D

GREAT WORK!! let us see how this turns out! going to able to use that cowl piece?

We'll see, but could be a while... Hmm, i'm going on five years with mine, and it wasn't even rusty! Shhh... don't tell Brian that!:-X

WOW!!! Nice work Brian, there's an led light at the end of the tunnel lol

there seems to be a lot of light shining through the sheet metal.;D;D

Are you using a burn through primer on the seams?

Going to be helping my neighbor put some floor board patches in a Triumph TR3 and I'm busy taking notes.

No, just welding good clean metal to good clean metal. then I focus on sealing it all up with a good seam sealer. I used a two part SEM product on this.

 

[fatboy]

Wait... are you telling me I could get paid to work on Broncos??!!;D

Well you might have to find a different group of friends first since we are all "frugal" New Englanders! (That should be read as cheap @$$ bastids! ;D)

 

[brianstrange]

Well you might have to find a different group of friends first since we are all "frugal" New Englanders! (That should be read as cheap @$$ bastids! ;D)

That's an honest man right there!

 

[tasker]

honest, not too pretty but honest! :-*

 

[brianstrange]

No, just welding good clean metal to good clean metal.

So you're saying there's some clean metal on lil' Rusty? Well, I'll be damned!

 

[fatboy]

honest, not too pretty but honest! :-*

As I always say tasker "fatboy's momma may have had ugly kids, but she did not have stupid ones!" ;D

 

[Slednut10]

Well you might have to find a different group of friends first since we are all "frugal" New Englanders! (That should be read as cheap @$$ bastids! ;D)

Hey, hey, hey, I resemble that remark...........

Nice work as always, B!

 

[migs]

So you're saying there's some clean metal on lil' Rusty? Well, I'll be damned!

Well... there was, but I think I've about used it all up!;D;D


I started on the drivers side pan. didn't get as lucky with the welding of the big nut to the body mount bolt. bolt was rotted and snapped off. but... I was able to thread on and weld a nut to the bottom of the bolt sticking out underneath and back it out that way. so you are good to go with the old bushings!

 

[migs]

So here's the progress on the driver's side floor pan.
First, what I had to start with, and after removing the rotted metal. then fitting the new pan after trimming it down some along with the vertical piece I made for the front of the seat platform.

 

[migs]

...here it is welded in and then after grinding the welds down. Tomorrow I'll apply the seam sealer and prime it.

Just realized I forgot to show how I had to rebuild the little support ring around the body mount bolt hole inside the floor channel support rail on this side before I sealed it all up. oh well, it's in there though so the bolt won't suck the pan down to the bottom of the channel.

 

[brianstrange]

Sweet! You are my Holy Knight~

 

[migs]

And... floor pans are done.
now to just wait for the other rusty metal to fully disintegrate and fall off.;D%);D

 

[migs]

How about some teaser pics with the replacement lower rocker skins temporarily stuck in place... makes her look a lil better on the outside anyway.;D

 

[fatboy]

Migs, did you make the rockers or are they bought parts? Looking good either way!

 

[brianstrange]

Migs, did you make the rockers or are they bought parts? Looking good either way!

Pete, I bought the lower rockers from Toms. They are the OEM Lower sections, $45 each.