Sometimes life is not fair

[srgtlord]

Well some things are too good to be true. Found out yestereday the area where the left control arm bolts to completely rotted out. Im not entirely sure how that happened considering there is little rust anywhere else. Looks like this project is canned.

[theman53]

If that is the only area, weld it up. If it is the entire car then you have decisions.

[srgtlord]

I have not personally seen this rusted control arm, but i do know that the only thing holding up the seats is the 50,000 mile carpet lol. But literally everything else looks to be solid, my only concern would be hidden rust. I bet dollars to doughnuts that the floors and control arm mount rusted away because the windsheild seal leaked water, once the floors rotted out the water and  rust continued to spread internally. Im going  to try to get a chance to look at it myself today. Its one of the prettiest rust buckets ever.

[fatmobile]

Yeah, you can fix that.
 Probably have to remove the carpet and work on it from the top too.
 I'm working through rust in this spot on a friend's car.

[srgtlord]

It appears that there are other potential rust issues as well. The area around the windsheild has rusted  so much that I cam poke my finger through it. I jumped into the truck bed and the bed began to crack under my feet. There is also rust at the seam of the cab and the rear window. This is just visible rust. The paint has held up very well, and the truck does appear to have 50,000 miles on it, but a rough life in new england coupled with sitting outside has rendered this gem a loss at the moment. It would take more time and effort to fix than to drop the engine and tranny into another car. Oh well its not going anywhere , its another backburner project for another day.