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100% Would certainly bug me if it was my car!

Yeah.... you're right. Damn it. My friend has decided to cut it out and do it properly. SIGH Thanks guys

I like your sage advice Cletus P.S You really know your Broncos!

I'll steer clear of POR15 I think and stick to epoxy.

Hi Internet frens. I have a pal who's respraying a Ford Bronco. He's fixed all the rust in the floors, sills & pillars etc, and will do a tidy job on the respray. There's no rust in the car left, but while investigating the scuttle panel found some rust which needs repairing. But he cbf. 1. Is it possible to seal this with epoxy primer, seam-sealer & urethane and have it last for 15 years? 2. Is it morally okay in the eyes of the car gods, to draw the line here, decide not to remove the engine, drill out the multiple layers of rusted scuttle panel and spend many days fixing it properly? His thinking is, he didn't get into this to do a restoration, just wants a nice tidy Bronco. This job doesn't _have_ to be solved now, it could be solved in the future when someone can be fucked doing a proper resto on it. I agree with him. Thoughts? Any good product recommendations? This is it after phosphoric acid:

One. Two. Miss a few. 99. Paint! Came out good enough. Satin black for the pillars. PPG 2K epoxy primer, seam sealed & Deltron single stage. The previous repairs stand out quite a bit. There's a bit of dust in these photos from removing the masking.

I had a poke around at the passenger B-pillar. Yikes! These are the last bad bits of rust done. I had a peek under the car and was amazed at how mint it all was, seems like most of the rust was caused by wet carpets and the rest of the body is good. I'm not totally chuffed with that b-pillar repair, it's solid, but could be tidier. The rest I'm happy with.

Did some CAD. Happy days! This gap looks quite big, but it pulled away when I cut this panel, so attempting to put in the same gap.

I love a build thread full of rust repairs, so satisfying. But not something I want to spend my weekend doing... Oh well... I attacked what I thought was the worst. Years of wet carpet has caused this. The sill was sweet inside, lots of wax in there. I removed the rear seats to find this.... Eeeeep. At least the bottom of the tailgate is mint. The top is fucko'd... It really could be better / worse

Oh true! I'll have a bit more of think about what could be useful. Most the stuff on my list so far is cosmetic and I don't think interchangeable with the D1: Range Rover Classic Front Air Intake Grille Assembly Black 390607 Range Rover Classic Door Upper / Rear Headlining Speaker Cover All Colors PRC8552RUN / PRC7444RUN Range Rover Classic Replacement Auto Gearbox Decal Sticker Range Rover Interior Fusebox Cover All Color BTR3486RUN Range Rover Classic Exterior Rear D pillar trim panel left or right RTC6698 Or RTC6699 (Air vent extractor) Door lock bezel Drivers door hinge Front grille Upper Tailgate Struts MXC7833 For Range Rover Classic Front turn lights Front Bumper Bumper End Cap Genuine Air Dam Spoiler Dome Light Lens PRC1634, Clear Transfer case shift knob

Yeah I love it more than I thought I would! It's probably getting close to rusted thru the sills around the B pillar, so that definitely needs to be cut out. Then there's surface rust in the boot corners. Hopefully when I start pulling it apart I don't find too much more, but I probably will.

I just bought this. It's got "some rust", but it's not terrible ... I think. Pretty much every interior panel is broken and most switches don't work. It's lovely to drive, even thou it's a bit knackered it still feels fancy. My plans are to sort the rust out, DIY respray, fix all the broken things and enjoy it. Discuss here

Hi Project thread

Perfect! Amazing. Thanks @GregT I'll order one now

Oh thanks @GregT they seem super simple. I'll definitely follow that up, some of the poor performance is down to the timing variations. Just need to work out which model will work best.