I had last week off to work on the bus, and do some work on the house to get it ready for the market.
Decided to tackle the rear parcel shelf and the rotted corner so that I can get the engine bay buttoned up and ready for paint. Unfortunately I ended up having to cut out more metal than I had donor metal, so I had to piece it together with 7 pieces. The "before" pic makes it look better than it was, after blasting the deep pits between the ribs were probably as thin as paper. Pretty much hated myself during that entire repair. The interior corner went in really well, it was cut a bit short by the fuel filler so I had to fabricate some pieces to make it a bit longer, and then fabricate a small piece to patch up the shroud around the filler neck. Skimmed on some Dura-Glass, sanded and shot with epoxy primer. I also seam sealed the back side of the weld and primed the "roof" of the engine bay, got the gas tank shelf all patched up and sealed as well.
Parcel Shelf After Blasting:
Parcel Shelf Welded up:
Interior corner before, there was a HUGE ass mouse nest inside the cabinet. Gross:
Corner welded up and filler neck shroud tacked in. I replaced the whip on my MIG a few months ago and apparently I was too rough on the replacement. It started leaking gas, and I accidentally left the tank shut-off valve open one night and it emptied out my tank. Figures, the one time I've ever NOT closed off the tank, I have a leak in my line. I need to address that cancerous area above the corner I replaced. I welded up some holes but its pretty gnarly. I may just weld up the few more pinholes that popped up and slather some POR-15 on there. Those riveted sheet metal covers go over that anyways, but I do want it to be solid.
Had to refill my argon bottle and then got everything welded up, filled and shot with epoxy primer. I got pretty impatient on those long ass weld runs on the parcel shelf, so its a little bit wavy but it's going to be hidden by the "bed" so I'm really not worried about it.
Later in the week I powder coated and welded in the "mud flap" pieces I made forever ago. Just need to scuff and seam seal them up.