You can see that the rust was slightly more than surface rust. But with my spot weld drill bits it came off without too much trouble. Trouble was the state of the flange it was attached to.
I realised I was going to have to make a new flange, which meant exposing it completely and that needed to happen anyway because the new floor was going here. So I started cutting it all back...
...and made a new flange.
and welded it in!
I also stripped back and repainted on some rust converter and I'll paint on some black chassis paint tomorrow to seal it all up properly.
Next job is to sort out the rear lights before moving on to the left hand side of the car for the first time during the restoration!!!!
