Hello to all you band of followers..........sorry not updated you with the progress of our 1973 camper van GERALDINE.......there are tons of photos to come ,bellow are some photos i have taken of the rear window repair....ass this was originally a panel van with the windows cut out by the Devon conversion company way back when she was new. They never protected the cut edges ....so this allowed the rusticals to set in,so this is were i step in......hope you like.
Hear you can see a close up of the rust..................it had a half hearted attempt to be rust treated at some time in the past.
A wide angle view.......were do i start...loll cutting the old window rubber away to allow the glass to be removed safely.
As you can see all rusted away.......HELP.......
I removed all the lose metal and rust, then treated the remaining metal with rust treatment. Then i used aluminum mesh to re make the shape around the edges.
This is a closer shot showing the mesh with the fiba glass put on and ready to be sanded back......This is a very good repair....as fiba glass never rusts and is very strong.......
A wide angle again showing the repair well under way.........about two hours so far.............
Now it starts to look like a window surround again.... only a very small amount of filler used just to smooth it all in.
hear ready for sanding.......let the fun begin.....
with moor photos to follow............keep looking......
cheers colin
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