1956 Mercury Build

[Dsrtrcr01]

So still plugging away. I was going to buy a replacement rocker and just use little sections to fix mine but decided to try and fix min first. I think it came out good and saved me the $.

So no pic of the dent before because I forgot but you can see the bondo spot in this pic.


Dented/smashed piece cut out:


Is this WRONG? I straightened the messed up piece and welded it back in. Now a thin layer of mud and it will be all good. Ghetto or Money saving what do you think?

[Dsrtrcr01]

Next I moved back to the inside in front of the rear tire. My dad was not nice to cars and smashed this up pretty good. I did my best to straighten it out. It is close and since no one will ever see under here it is good enough for me:


Fixing it:


All Fixed. I tacked the 3 layers back together and will re POR it:


Now on to the outer dog leg rust:

[Dsrtrcr01]

Rear Part fixed:


Now move forward a little:


Cut out and POR as far as I can reach covering the inside (You can see I welded a little piece to make my bigger piece easier to make:


All fixed. This piece folds under and all I need to do is trim that long hanging piece where it meets the pinch eld then a very thin coat of mud and done.


Passenger Rocker is ALL FIXED just needs a thin coat of mud and some time with a long board. Now to move on... What next?

[MOUSE]

Keep plugging away! It is coming along well.

[choptvan]

hell yes. Progress is good. Kepp on it man. Better than most on here.

[CURSED GEARS]

Doing good. We all do the best we can with the money we can afford, and the talent we posess. I like it.

[cHoPtNbAgD]

startin to look real good.makes me miss my chopt 56

[Dsrtrcr01]

Originally Posted by cHoPtNbAgD

startin to look real good.makes me miss my chopt 56

Thanks...Got any pictures of yours?

[19chevytruck61]

great work here! gotta love body work haha, really cool tho, good to see it come back to life slowly from your childhood

[chevy210]

is looking good man keep up the good work