look what happens when you start picking at what was thought to be a 20c piece size hole.You get some idiots idea of putting a plate the size of this hole over existing rust to make it worse.Templates are at the ready ,wish me luck:thumb


[Edited on 11-7-04 by pod]

That is almost exactly what I had to do on our beetle

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=18483 

Good Luck...

Not My kind of Job...

Lee

same guy must of had my '62 sunroof. Same spot = welded plate over rust, bogged over then painted with bitumen paint.

Mine was the same.....

well heres my attempt to fix the above hole so far


will be grinding back when can work it out with neighbour as they have a new baby and i dont want to upset the applecart:thumb

was also thinking of changing side colour any suggestions on colour

ruby red the non metalic type

was thinking something like this maybe

Dude,

You are welding over Zinz coated sheeting...the fumes from this stuff when welding is toxic...

Any easy thing to do is give the edges/flat surface a brush with an angle grinder prior to welding...takes off the zinc coating....do ya welding, then coat the area with cold gal paint or zinc alum paint...

Nice work...keep it up!

yeah i know that from doing welding at work(have a big sucking m/c there).Should have picked on some hot rolled or cold rolled but it was first thing i found which wasnt to thick. It was done outdoors which helps with ventilation, is now ground and painted over with zinc primer ready for next step. Thanks for the encouragement.
Paul