Thirteen - 1967 Spitfire MKIII Specific Tasks and Procedures |
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Tearing up the carpets for the first time revealed rusty front floor
sections with the seating area not being nearly as bad. I couldn't see spending the $$ to completely replace the floors at this time. So after all the rust was wire wheeled away... the raw metal got a good coat of Extend (3M Rust converter) to make sure all the nooks and crannies were devoid of active rust. I then laid down a layer of fiberglass over the 'questionable' front floor areas. I tried to keep the glasswork low on the pan sidewalls so at a later date, the pans would still be easy to cut out and replace if desired. The passenger side cross brace also had a bit of rust that I had to deal with. I had used all the fiberglass I had on hand, and it was late at night. so I busted out my welder, some 16 gauge sheet steel ans simply welded in a small patch panel to fill the void. Once all done glassing in the front floor sections, everything was masked off and the entire floor area got a couple of coats of primer. The final 'white coat' was laid down later, when the whole car was painted. |
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