Ok guys, we have most of the floor pan replaced and re-done. The next big hurdle is the Trunk. Our trunk is bad. It had 2-3 cases of beer in there add 20 years of sitting with hot and cold weather through the years, needless to say the beer exploded and sat in there and destroyed the metal. Not to mention the possible seal leaks of the regular weather. The shop I am working out of and the buddy I have helping me is amateur in comparison to what I've seen you all post. We do not have a rotisserie, so the car body is somewhat of a challenge to move upside down or various angles. I really DO NOT want and probably will not cut out the rear quarter panels, just because our welding skills would never get those back to perfect. We have been weighing the options of what to do. Do we cut out the part portions of the trunk pan (which there are a lot of bad spots) or order a new trunk pan and replace the whole thing? If we went for the new, can you even replace the whole trunk pan without cutting out the rear quarters? It doesn't even seem like the whole pan would fit through the trunk lid hole.
If we decide to patch and repair, we were thinking of cutting out various parts and shaping and welding in new sheet metal, and or using a lot of putty and bondo or whatever. Then spraying with epoxy paint and calling it good. I don't really plan to take this to any shows, so Im not worried if it looks correct, because once we upholster the trunk, you'd never see our amateur job. I just want to know some feedback as to some options and or tricks of the trade and solutions.
Here are some pics of what Im dealing with. I know the pics are bad angles and do not show the severity of our trunk pan.
Anyways, any feedback or opinions are always welcome, or if you just look and tell me I'm screwed, give up, scrap it, whatever, I'll take it! I appreciate all of your support!
