65 Fairlane pro-touring build

[Vic1947]

Originally Posted by 62c30

Looking good. Is that a little rust in the lower cowl?

I hope not. I think I've patched most of the rusted areas. One thing I do, depending on the situation, is use panel adhesive to glue a sheet metal patch over an area with tiny pinholes. (Next to the orange arrow in photo below.) I have no qualms about doing this on the side that doesn't show. Any adhesive that extrudes out the other side can be ground down and body worked. I have absolutely no luck MIG welding up pinholes. If you're bound and determined to bust out the welder, all you can do is cut the entire panel out and weld in a replacement piece that extends well beyond the rusty spots. Sometimes I can use a copper backer and get it to weld a pinhole cleanly without burning back about a half mile. But hands down, the best way to deal with small, lacy areas is to glue a patch over them - IMHO.