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Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:04 pm

Cutting it out was easy, finishing could take a while.
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Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:03 pm

What, no "before" pix?

Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:50 pm

From the gallery:

Some would choose to live (drive) with that. Others would feel compelled to take action.

I'm with the latter but understand the positions of both.

Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:53 pm

Feels good doesn't it? (Several years ago)

Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:38 pm

Ahwahnee wrote: From the gallery:

Some would choose to live (drive) with that. Others would feel compelled to take action.

I'm with the latter but understand the positions of both.
Thanks for looking that up, I forgot about it.

Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:44 pm

Why now at the start of vacation season?

Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:05 pm

djkeev wrote: Why now at the start of vacation season?

vacation season... you mean covid season

Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:11 pm

djkeev wrote: Why now at the start of vacation season?

It's also dry season. As someone without a garage myself, I can relate to the impossibility of tackling rust work in the winter.

Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:33 pm

That "before" pic has me worried about the rust on my '81

B.O.B Great use of the cut out piece. Did you "glue" in the new metal?

avwa: are you going to weld in new metal?

Neil.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:55 am

B.O.B.Wanders wrote: Feels good doesn't it? (Several years ago)

I'm sure it will... one day.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:57 am

djkeev wrote: Why now at the start of vacation season?
At 70 years old folks think I'm always on vacation.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 5:05 am

Vanagon Nut wrote: That "before" pic has me worried about the rust on my '81

B.O.B Great use of the cut out piece. Did you "glue" in the new metal?

avwa: are you going to weld in new metal?

Neil.
The before picture doesn't look bad and it wasn't really but I knew it was there. Stopped the water years ago and it never got worse, it was all dry when I cut it open. The new panel will be spot welded on the bottom and epoxy bonded every where else.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:32 am

Good work. Hope you are back on the road soon.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:55 am

Vanagon Nut wrote:
B.O.B Great use of the cut out piece. Did you "glue" in the new metal?

Neil.
Welded in.

I had to outsource the job - I wish I had the space, equipment, skill, and time to have done it myself.
The guy at the body shop (hard to find nowadays) took the old side panel and recreated the edge of the floor that was rotten. He even fabricated the "ridge" on the inside along the floor. Awesome work.
Here is a pic from a bit later in the process.

B.O.B. is actually the "Butt-ugly Orange Bus". (Never ask for someone's opinion if you don't really want to hear it)

Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:41 am

avwa wrote: Cutting it out was easy, finishing could take a while.
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Ahhh yes... another victim of that soggy insulation.

What a great idea it was to stuff that s#$# back there.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:42 am

nemobuscaptain wrote: avwa wrote: Cutting it out was easy, finishing could take a while.
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Ahhh yes... another victim of that soggy insulation.

What a great idea it was to stuff that s#$# back there.
Wasn't even damp when I took it out but sure was years ago. It's raining here now so I placed it along with some other materials outside to see who wins.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:46 am

B.O.B.Wanders wrote: Vanagon Nut wrote:
B.O.B Great use of the cut out piece. Did you "glue" in the new metal?

Neil.
Welded in.

I had to outsource the job - I wish I had the space, equipment, skill, and time to have done it myself.
The guy at the body shop (hard to find nowadays) took the old side panel and recreated the edge of the floor that was rotten. He even fabricated the "ridge" on the inside along the floor. Awesome work.
Here is a pic from a bit later in the process.

B.O.B. is actually the "Butt-ugly Orange Bus". (Never ask for someone's opinion if you don't really want to hear it) Great looking job. Luckily mine wasn't that bad but bad enough to replace the outer section of the floor, about 2-1/2 inches by 3 feet.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:07 am

Thanks avwa and owner of B.O.B. Good to see what could be done. Given the pace I work at, I'll need my own garage before I open up the '81. I mean how bad could it be? LOL.

2008 or so

view looking from front to rear behind kitchen cabinets. Though I sprayed rust convertor paint on that, I'm sure it's been rusting out from the bottom side.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:37 pm

It's kinda of like "owning" a cat. You can pretend to make all the decisions and you have to pay all the bills, but "staff" is really a better descriptor than owner. :D

Rick G.

Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:11 pm

Hoping to do the same here in the next month or so.