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1965_MGB
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Hi All,
Lately I've been spending some quality time under my B sanding off all the dirt, crud, sealer and other unnameable stuff that has built up under the fuel tank area, and just forward of that. My plan is to POR-15 the whole area to kill off the tinworm.
For some reason, I have decided to pull out the rear end, and continue cleaning up to the rear firewall/bulkhead. My battery boxes, like most are pretty much trash. Missing bits, and others are fairly rotted. I don't have access to blast equipment, so I have been hand sanding everything down to shiny metal, and was thinking that I would get some angle iron close to the size of the original metal, cut and bend it to reform the box.
My current situation keeps me from welding things in place, but I was thinking of bolting the new bits to the old. Once a full restoration comes around, I can weld them then, but is using bolts a good idea? Or should I be thinking in a different direction. This is mostly to get rid of the razor sharp rusty stuff, and make it look whole again. I have the plastic liners in there now, so they are not really holding anything up.
Okay, I have rambled enough for now. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Lately I've been spending some quality time under my B sanding off all the dirt, crud, sealer and other unnameable stuff that has built up under the fuel tank area, and just forward of that. My plan is to POR-15 the whole area to kill off the tinworm.
For some reason, I have decided to pull out the rear end, and continue cleaning up to the rear firewall/bulkhead. My battery boxes, like most are pretty much trash. Missing bits, and others are fairly rotted. I don't have access to blast equipment, so I have been hand sanding everything down to shiny metal, and was thinking that I would get some angle iron close to the size of the original metal, cut and bend it to reform the box.
My current situation keeps me from welding things in place, but I was thinking of bolting the new bits to the old. Once a full restoration comes around, I can weld them then, but is using bolts a good idea? Or should I be thinking in a different direction. This is mostly to get rid of the razor sharp rusty stuff, and make it look whole again. I have the plastic liners in there now, so they are not really holding anything up.
Okay, I have rambled enough for now. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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