Rust Repair...ughhh

My 330GT 2+2 had bad rust in the rocker panel behind the passenger's side wheel well.

I had the bad metal removed, new metal shaped, inserted and welded. This section of about
6" X 14" was repainted and the paint mixed to have the color of the old, and the new
paint feathered with the old. I cannot tell where the new paint leaves off and the old
starts. If I looked really hard, perhaps I could tell.

If I had your car, I would do this to all your rusted spots.

Nothing has to come except perhaps for the rust near your rear window.

You keep saying that your car is a driver. So is mine (except when I have nothing
else to do I replace things like hoses or hose clamps to make them original.)

But I really think that these classic Ferraris should not be allowed to deteriorate.

And that the needed fixes should be of very good quality so that if the car were
to be brought up to Concours Level these fixes would not have to be redone.
Since the car would have to be repainted to be brought to this level, new paint
on sections is OK if the patches are very hard to determine.

And if you replace parts, replace them with the original parts

You just need a piggy bank to save up for those yellow hoses that cost $5 and inch.

 

If you can see these rust bubbles, no doubt there are more areas that you can't see.

If you strip the car, you probably are going to find more things. So, you need to decide how far you are willing to go. $10,000 of repairs can turn into $100,000. Ask me how I know.

Not sure where you are in Florida, but I have found a very reasonable body man in Fort Myers. He did a great job with my 1969 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750. I also had a 1973 BMW e9 coupe restored one of the premier shops up north. That car turned into complete dissasembly and a rotisserie resto of the body. Luckily, my Ferrari is modern--aluminum and galvanized steel.

Scott