Inpection done ....

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Hello all, as some of you all know I just got myself a '77 Zee. I finished up my inspection and this is what I found. I'm going to need suggestions at the end.

First off the frame rails are solid as a rock at the way. With the exception of the last 3 inches on the left side. I ended up grinding to old cancer away to see how much was wasted and after 3 inches I got solid metal back. The battery tray and firewall are solid though out as is both floor wells inside and out. The only other major rust is the right rocker panel, it's basically non existent. So all in all I want to address these two areas the most logical way.

 

1. The left frame rail should I just weld a new extension on to bring to the original length or does it warrant a new rail?

 

2. Do the MSA side skirts replace or cover the existing rocker panels?

 

I'm also going to use POR 15, that seems to be everyone's weapon of choice here. I used Esatwoods, corrless (sp) before and was impressed. But this time I'm going with POR 15.

 

All in all this is pretty tight car, and for 250.00 I'm not going to complain, all the above area where known issues, so I wasn't surprised. The gentleman that sold me the car also threw in a wire harness from nose to tail a extra pair of seats, air condition hardware. He wasn't hurting for cash. Pulling up to his house, was like driving in the opening scene of "Falcon Crest"