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  • #46
    Rust on the passenger side



    Drivers side going to have to weld in a section of floor from a donor car for sure.




    You can see where water has come through the sealer and rusted


    The plug just pulled straight out with the mat, it was quite strange that one just pulled straight out intact.


    Roughly cleaned up some of the passenger side area.


    Not the best of days with this discovery, but tell you what am i glad i pulled it all up to have a good look. Borrowing a good heat gun from my old man tomorrow and will pull up all these rubber mats.

    Last edited by static1800; 29-01-2008, 08:36 PM.
    76 MkI 3 door - daily drive/project - 1.8 5speed
    76 MkI 3 door swallowtail - 16v track car
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    • #47
      Thats not so bad mate. Someone who can weld can plate that with fresh steel. i wouldnt cut one out of a donor car they are all 30 years old.
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      • #48
        Lucky i can weld than hey

        Will do some more cleaning and will see how much i need to cut out, if i can find a clean piece of original floor i would prefer it.
        76 MkI 3 door - daily drive/project - 1.8 5speed
        76 MkI 3 door swallowtail - 16v track car
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        • #49
          Might be tough to find good enough orig floor pans, unless you get them from a newer cabrio perhaps??

          I'd just pop in new metal, easier to work with cleaner and most importantly, rust free!

          Pity to hear about this tho! spose it's what happens with these babies..


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          • #50
            Floor pan rust are very common in Mk1, it took me 3 months to clean everything up. Anyway, good find

            How are you going to strip it to bare metal ? I still haven't decide if I'd do that.
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            • #51
              My mate who would be painting the car was down over the weekend. He had a good look over it and said i wouldn't need to go bare metal as its the original paint, just a good sand back and primer it. We may be able to get around without painting the entire car, but i think i want to.

              Has anyone used POR-15? was looking up last night on fixing pan rust and found lots of people praising the stuff. Any suggestions on the best methods??
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              76 MkI 3 door swallowtail - 16v track car
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              • #52
                Matt the US guys love this stuff its like there god have a look at the mk1 forum and see that they use this stuff like nothing. Seen people use the whole thing on the bottom of there cars to there wheel guards!
                I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...

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                • #53
                  Por15 is awsome...

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                  • #54
                    You may find you'll go back to bare metal in some spots, due to dents, scratches etc etc, and not in others.

                    Remember that if you paint certain parts only, unless your mate is real good, you'll be able to see the new and old paint, cause the old paint is 30 odd years old. So my advice, is to spray the whole thing, so it all looks the same. (as i've done)

                    Just a word of caution, if you do spray the whole thing, you'll need to at least 3 coats imo, that way you won't have bits of primer coming through on some corners. and near drips... 1 coat (exterior only) will be about 1.5 litres of acrylic paint.

                    I'm sure your paint mate will know most of this, but yea, just thought I'd mention it.


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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by static1800 View Post
                      Has anyone used POR-15? was looking up last night on fixing pan rust and found lots of people praising the stuff. Any suggestions on the best methods??
                      I POR15'ed the whole floor pan and the wheel guard. See my thread http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...?t=7687&page=3

                      be prepare to pay at least $200 just for POR15 stuff. Just follow the product instruction, I used the cheapest brush and throw it away once it is used.
                      Every people highly recommended POR15, I'll see if it's true after a few years when I pull my carpet to check.
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                      • #56
                        Goto bare metal if you are changing the colour, if its the same colour, a rub and paint will do.
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                        • #57
                          Sticking with the same colour, i like it and think it will suit the old style feel i'm going for with the car.

                          Having second thoughts about deleting the upper side strips, i like the clean look without them but i think the car could look somewhat unfinished without them also.
                          76 MkI 3 door - daily drive/project - 1.8 5speed
                          76 MkI 3 door swallowtail - 16v track car
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                          • #58
                            if you keep them, either get custom all chrome ones or mke srue you have some real nice clean origional ones, imo


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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by static1800 View Post
                              Sticking with the same colour, i like it and think it will suit the old style feel i'm going for with the car.

                              Having second thoughts about deleting the upper side strips, i like the clean look without them but i think the car could look somewhat unfinished without them also.
                              I would leave them on, but you shouldn't listen to anyone else - do what you think is best.

                              I think the Mk1 looks a bit plain without them, though

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                              • #60
                                Finally got all the rubbery matting off the floors, it was all through the boot to ARGH!

                                Found some more rust along the way, all the seems where the wheel wells meet the firewall are rusted, oly one small spot on the passenger side is right through, the rest seems to only be on the one layer of metal. Atleast the boot and sparewheel well are rust free

                                Reckon im going to run without a backseat and maybe look at a half cage while im at it it has two doors for two people haha

                                Anyone ran a kr on carbies before?
                                76 MkI 3 door - daily drive/project - 1.8 5speed
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