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by **AusRs** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:05 am

thought i would start this as i have pulled apart my Canadian Monza
may help someone when looking at a car

rhside inner wheel well
lhside lip between the inner and outer (where the body meets the "frame" )
panhard bar support
lower control arm front mount points (floor rusts out above )
rhside floor( about where the passengers feet would sit (another frame/floor issue)
both sides of the engine bay (another issue of a sandwiched plate rusting through the thinnest panel)
bottoms of front fenders and doors

dont think i have missed any .....feel free to ad some more .LOL

by **marco_1978_spyder** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:43 pm

I declare next week...worldwide h body door week.

This is the week to take some time with your doors.

everything, from a rewax of perfect doors, to tending to that growing surface rust, to repairing a handle or hinges.

Then the week after its left rear quarter week!

by **Kev442** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:12 pm

The hidden rust that aggravates me is when your fenders are solid, but the inner firewall is rotted through. I had a friend who hit a rain puddle hard and water flew out the air vents and soaked him and the passenger. Surprise!

They also like to rust on top of the firewall under the fender. The cowl area can look nice and solid, but that area barely received primer at the factory.

by **AusRs** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:55 am

ohh and both sides of the windscreen .......GM in my car on the drivers side had some foam material in the a pliar .....has rusted out ......well i suppose thats better than rusting in
passengers side just age ...and that stupid joining foam strip that GM used on these cars !

by **peterpan** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:00 am

i had rust in my windshield channel on my 72 vega

by **peterpan** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:03 am

after

by **AusRs** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:37 am

i have seen those pics posted before ...soooooooo glad mine was not as bad as yours ..all i had to do was cut the dash (as you can see) and patch a small area ......

i blame that stupid foam crap that GM put in between all the panels !!!!!!stupid idea !!!

by **peterpan** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:50 am

the rust hole on my right side a piller was from the foam

by **AusRs** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:07 am

will take more pics of the left side when i get around to fixing it
to me the main rust problems with our cars
GM put foam crap between the panels
GM put cardboard up against panels
GM put foam crap wherever they felt like
GM never sealed the places they put double thicness panels for strength
hmmmmmmm
that being said
GM never expected these cars to be on the road 25 or so years later LOL
in real terms my car is not as bad as some AU Holden cars of the same vintage !!

by **DjTy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:46 am

Mine's also in a pretty bad shape, and I suspect that just going to a regular bodyshop will only prolong the inevitable...

I do want it to stay rustfree for more then 5 years..

by **AusRs** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:13 am

update
unbolted rhside fender today .....you guessed it canadian tin worm was present at the plenum ............all layers of steel affected .......also NO piant other than GM primer visible on the inner fender
lhside fender .....all good no rust !

by **AusRs** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:24 am

update ...whilst there was rust in all 3 panels on the lhside top of the plenum...or tank it is a very easy fix ......cut bend and weld ..dress up and cover with whatever you want to as the front fender covers any repairs

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