After an initial look over I decided to cut out the heavily rusted back section of the chassis and have a new section built to replace the original as it was just too far gone. With the gentle persuasion of a lump hammer and the delicate cutting from a grinder the back piece was off!
A large part of the front of the chassis has been damaged and heavily dented but instead of just cutting it all out I asked a body worker friend to look it over and give an assessment. I was expecting a lot of ummmming and comments like 'that's going to be expensive' but instead I was surprised to hear that most of the damage can be rectified.
The plan is to cut out the heavily damaged and rusted metal, beat out the dents then sand down, paint and reweld the sections.
I am going to use a brush on primer and top coat as I can put a more liberal coat of paint on this way and no one is going to see it.
I am going to use a brush on primer and top coat as I can put a more liberal coat of paint on this way and no one is going to see it.