Hi Guys

 

My starlet got defected for rust.

 

Now id like some recommendations on some places to go to...

 

The rust is in the drivers side roof gutter channel and spans the whole length of the car.

 

Pretty big job, tried to do it myself but too big a job for me.

 

Basically ive already stripped the car, and already grinded back/wire wheeled and strip it disc'd the areas to be repaired...

 

Basically worst rust is entire drivers side roof gutter, along the drivers side A piller where the right side of the front windscreen sits, panel behind the hatch at the top where the roof meets the hatch, couple bubbles near fuel filler cap (nothing major) and three spots along the edge of the roof above the front windscreen.

 

Just needs some new metal folded up nicely and welded in correctly. Tried to weld but my welder is freaking shit and is 20 years old, to much splatter.

 

Found it hard finding someone who I can trust to do a good job, it is a very intricate job being a roof gutter, and the risks of the roof going wavy but someone who knows what they are doing will be able to do it no worries.

 

I have found crash repairers don't wont to touch this sort of work anymore, pathetic really, so I have found its a job more suited to today's restorers , metal fabrication experts...

 

Any recommendations on places to go please let me know, need it back on the road asap.

 

Thanks

Tally

 

Edited March 7, 201214 yr by Tally

try Sa Crash on Tapleys hills rd Hendon. Mate works there and does restorations no and again.

Chat to your local TAFE and see if they will take it on as a class project. I've had stuff done like that before.