Thread: Meet Max

Originally Posted by Grumbles

That looks so much better.

Looking through this thread it seems to me you have taken on a herculean task. All that brown rot you found.........it would completely demoralize me. And then there is the 'home maintenance' you have encountered.........

More power to you GG. Looking forward to following your thread through to its shiny, reliable and 'up value' conclusion.

Don't be too scared of the rust in that passenger floor, it's only an hour or so, spread over a few days, to get rid of it.
Hit it with a wire brush on a grinder or drill, then sweep or vacuum the debris.
Cut the bristles of a 1" paint brush in half
Use a rust converter like "Rust Buster" available from bunnings, tip some into a separate container and brush it into the rusted area, then let it work for a day or two.
Wipe off the excess with a damp cloth and look for holes. I usually put a bright light under the car, then it is easy to see small pin holes.
If there are no large holes, cover the floor with the POR15 paint system and before it dries paint a top coat of your desired paint colour.
This easily covers and pin holes and is a solid barrier against more rust.

Well there's a memory reviver CC. That is about exactly what I did to the rusted floor of my hotted up FE Holden....about 46 years ago.

Hi All,

I removed the old bull bar today... It was harder than I thought it would be - I will be replacing the rusty 4 x nuts/bolts with new ones in due course..

Looks better again...

If anybody wants to purchase the old one - just let me know..

Yep, the old factory bull bars don't look the best. Let the original design of the front end shine through.

Hi All,

A bit of an update on Max...

Inside C-Pillar repaired:


Drivers side exterior sill - repaired:



Passengers side exterior sill - repaired:



Passenger floor repaired:


I'm working through Christmas, but hopefully I will get some time to get stuck into cleaning/painting the interior floor...

Hi All,

So it's a new year - and I've started to do some work on Max...

I removed all of the carpet from the rear and gave it a quick vacuum:





Next job - sand off the surface rust in the passenger foot well. Before/After Sanding/Primer:





My current plan is -
* Sand back any surface rust on the inside of the car.
* Clean all metal surfaces
* Etch prime any metal that is left bare.
* Paint the floor / side walls with sound deadening paint
* Install Dynamat

Cheers,
The Grey Ghost

Are you using a rust converter before you prime the rusted areas?

If not the rust is gonna come back, you have to kill the rust, it is not killed by sanding or wire brushing. Go to bunnings and get some rust buster, brush it on and wait 24hrs then wipe off with a wet cloth, let dry, then paint.

Except for the few spots you repaired it doesn't look too bad, nice example of an early rangie.

Might have to sell my 77 soon to raise funds to fix my bloody disco :-(

Good progress so far, well done. Looks like a case of 'how far do you go?'

Inspires me to fix some body work on one of mine!