I’m doing a frame off restore of a 75 CJ5 and the floor boards and rocker panels are showing signs of rust, imagine that. I’m going to have the whole tub sand blasted soon so I will have a better idea of the damage. Here’s a few questions. Keep in mind that I’m not really going for perfection since I will probably be beating the crap out of it anyway, I just need it strong
1. If the rust is concentrated mainly around the joint between the floors and side panel I was going to just cut back to solid metal and replace them with new pieces 16 gauge scrap steel that I have laying around. Or I have found a place that offers replacement panels, would I be better off replacing the entire panels with new prefabed ones?
2. When welding in new floors or patches do I need to cut new pieces to fit exactly in place for welding a perfect butt weld or would it be better to have a little extra for an overlapping weld?
1. If the rust is concentrated mainly around the joint between the floors and side panel I was going to just cut back to solid metal and replace them with new pieces 16 gauge scrap steel that I have laying around. Or I have found a place that offers replacement panels, would I be better off replacing the entire panels with new prefabed ones?
2. When welding in new floors or patches do I need to cut new pieces to fit exactly in place for welding a perfect butt weld or would it be better to have a little extra for an overlapping weld?