Hello, Thought Id let you know how it all turned out. Was unable to get a commercially available piece to weld in, so had Shane (mentioned above) make me the rust repair panel.
Very reasonable price, and very good job (I had him do it near enough is good enough as opposed to a file finish type job and it was damn near perfect)
First thing was to pop the windscreen out, which with the old solid seal wasnt that easy, ended up cutting the rubber to stop me smashing the screen. That reavealed the extent of the rust, bad on the drivers side, pretty good on the passenger side.
Rust on the driver side;
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Patch panel in place to trace around so I dont end up with a hole bigger than the panel;
Started by cutting out all the rusty metal. Removed all the rust and back to solid steel;
Straighten the screen lip I bent being too over eager removing the spot welded lip
Drill some holes in the lip for some plug welds;
Tack weld it in, then slowly work my way around. The gap on the middle end is wayy more than I wanted, and I distorted the panel in the middle ever so slightly on the welding when I blew a hole and welded it up. That said it tapped back to just about perfect, and will only need a tiny skim of bog.
Overall I'm happy, not a body work person at the best of times, but it came out fine by my standards. And it no longer has a rust hole. Just got a few more to go.
So where is the best/cheapest place to get a set of seals for windscreen etc, and how does 67 aust model translate into the american models if I hit up ebay US?
