1979 cutlass build

[88hurstolds]

I used Evap-o-rust on lightly rusted parts, worked nicely however I left my stuff in for 24 hours.
One mystery is that it turned a shifter gear selector arm completely black, I am assuming it was because it's galvanized??? It was caked in grease/crap so I threw it in with a few other brackets thinking that there was rust under the grease caking and to see how well it removed that as well.

 

[1bad79]

I used Evap-o-rust on lightly rusted parts, worked nicely however I left my stuff in for 24 hours.
One mystery is that it turned a shifter gear selector arm completely black, I am assuming it was because it's galvanized??? It was caked in grease/crap so I threw it in with a few other brackets thinking that there was rust under the grease caking and to see how well it removed that as well.

I saw a evaporust you tube video and it said the black was carbon from the steel and it should just wipe away? I had to wire wheel it off. I think I want to try it in a sonic cleaner and see what it does for fun and I will try some stuff for a longer period of time also

 

[1bad79]

i cut some boxing plates and tacked them in than welded them up,i made them out of some .125 plate I had laying around I just used a jig saw and a metal blade to cut them out, it worked well

I still have more plates to make to tie it all together

 

[1bad79]

I also repaired some body mounts there were 4 bad ones I used 1.5 inch washers drilled a hole for the slot cleaned the slot with a bur and cut then up so they would fit and welded them in and ground them smooth

 

[1bad79]

some more pics left rear behind the tire and right front corner

 

[truracer20]

I'm liking the progress. I'm wanting to find a frame to do this to for my car. So it's nice to see what others are doing, how they overcome the issues encountered.
I have seen Evaporust used on surface rust and it works great. I've been wondering how it works on scale rust like the parts on these cars end up with. Now I know at least how it worked for you.

 

[DRIVEN]

Looks great.

 

[1bad79]

if any one sees this, can you tell me what the purpose of the small slots in the body mount holes are for,a friend of mine asked me and I have no answer for them

 

[Rktpwrd]

if any one sees this, can you tell me what the purpose of the small slots in the body mount holes are for,a friend of mine asked me and I have no answer for them

Wish I knew. I can only speculate that GM originally designed it that way to work with a different style of body mount. When I boxed and repaired some questionable holes in my frame, I didn't put the slots back in, I didn't see the point.

 

[1bad79]

Wish I knew. I can only speculate that GM originally designed it that way to work with a different style of body mount. When I boxed and repaired some questionable holes in my frame, I didn't put the slots back in, I didn't see the point.

I thought about not putting them in also but I chickened out and made them look the same