Dion Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hello, I'm new here. I have a 1973 Porsche 914. I recently had some rust issues dealt with and also a complete bare metal repaint in original colour. However while reinstalling the rear tail lights I found a "hole" in the trunk. It is along the edge of the car were a vertical surface meets the trunk floor. Right above the exhaust. It is approx 5" x 1/2" in dimension. It was buried in this thick tar-like stuff,and undercoating from the bottom. Finally the question.Can "Lab Metal" product fix this? or should it be cut out and welded?Any info appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers,Dion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heidigirl Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 i suppose you could do a repair without applying heat of any kind to the area, but your description sounds as though this may be a structural location. the only way to be truly rid of rust is removing it back to solid clean metal. given the money and effort you have invested here, i would opt to weld in a patch panel and know the repair has been done properly. otherwise this is going to nag you for as long as you own the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 Thank you " heidigirl". I kind of knew that would be the answer. I appreciate the feedback. I recently saw this product advertised and wondered if any body had experience with it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Silverghost Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Dion: Any of these products are only a Band-Aid type of repair...If you are going to keep the car I would have a patch welded-in!!!This type of repair just won't last...and in fact could foster more rust!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 Thanks Brad. I do believe I will just have the gentleman who worked on the car do just as you say. It is a small piece in the trunk. It must have had water leaking into the area from the tail light. We didn't find it at first. Everything "looked" solid in the trunk. No hints of rust. I discovered it when I went to remove some of this "tar like" stuff the previous owner must have used as a seam sealer? I was preping the area for a new carpet. When I was scraping, a chunk came out revealing the hole. It is not as big an area as I first thought. I will head all suggestions. Take out a decent surrounding area and weld in a new piece of steel. Thanks guys. I am really enjoying this site. It is certainly different than the 914 site. Cheers all,Dion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry22 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Take a look. Now here is a guy willing to weld in new sheet metal.http://www.57rustbucket.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Wolf Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Been there! done that !http://beaver.vinu.edu/Amphicar_restore/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dion Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 That 57 rust bucket site is excellent. The time it took to document the process is as good as the actual resto. Dion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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