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I am so sorry about this everyone.
The blue Bravo is dead.
The passenger side sill rust was a lot worse than anyone could have expected. Half the outer sill crumbled off in my hands, the outer castle rail was all but gone, inner castle rail rusted half way up, the lower section of the pillar support gone completely, the inner pillar structure rusted and crumbling all the way up as far as I could see and there's a half inch gap between the inner wall and floor where the car has started to buckle.
I think the sunroof drain pipe was blocked or had come off and water has been trickling down the inside of the pillar.
This can all be repaired but would require a bare shell strip down, mounting on a jig, cutting the outer skin off the pillar, replacing all the rust from inside, weld new floors to the lower pillar, replace the inner and outer castle rails and replace the outer sill. All new parts would have to be made from scratch as nothing is available. Sadly I don't have the time, budget or facilities to do it.
I'm gutted but also relieved the car came to me. Someone else could have bought her, done a cosmetic repair or bodge and she could have been a death trap on the road.
The blue Bravo is dead.
The passenger side sill rust was a lot worse than anyone could have expected. Half the outer sill crumbled off in my hands, the outer castle rail was all but gone, inner castle rail rusted half way up, the lower section of the pillar support gone completely, the inner pillar structure rusted and crumbling all the way up as far as I could see and there's a half inch gap between the inner wall and floor where the car has started to buckle.
I think the sunroof drain pipe was blocked or had come off and water has been trickling down the inside of the pillar.
This can all be repaired but would require a bare shell strip down, mounting on a jig, cutting the outer skin off the pillar, replacing all the rust from inside, weld new floors to the lower pillar, replace the inner and outer castle rails and replace the outer sill. All new parts would have to be made from scratch as nothing is available. Sadly I don't have the time, budget or facilities to do it.
I'm gutted but also relieved the car came to me. Someone else could have bought her, done a cosmetic repair or bodge and she could have been a death trap on the road.
