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Old 09-17-2014, 12:16 PM
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No time for welding today...

...and waiting for the sills was a waste of time. According to the online information they are longer than the dimensions in the computer so it seems like they are now not going to deliver them. I'll wait and see if they turn up before the weekend otherwise I'll be going to paypal as usual. I'm fed up with bell end couriers.

Anyway I thought I'd cheer myself up and see just how rust free the sill on the left hand side of the car is =>



(It felt a bit crunchy when I poked my finger through the drain holes)

So I'm glad I've decided to remove that one.

I also had a butchers at the floor pan on that side of the car again. This is the side that has been plated with a repair piece - it has been done so badly that the drivers seat isn't level (see earlier in the thread - wonky driver's seat etc)



^^^before^^^



First cut



Pulled up ends show rust underneath as well as lots of crunchy rust by the subframe stiffener fixings.

I'm going to take it slowly and easy from now on I need to preserve the shape of the "step" panel so I can weld back in a repair piece.
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My W123 saloon / sedan old accident repair (and a bit of rust repair) thread-w123_130-front-lhs-sill-rust.jpg   My W123 saloon / sedan old accident repair (and a bit of rust repair) thread-w123_130-floor-pan-lhs-rust-subframe-stiffeners1.jpg   My W123 saloon / sedan old accident repair (and a bit of rust repair) thread-w123_130-floor-pan-lhs-rust-subframe-stiffeners2.jpg   My W123 saloon / sedan old accident repair (and a bit of rust repair) thread-w123_130-floor-pan-lhs-rust-subframe-stiffeners3.jpg  
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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