This car needs to be state inspected for titling. A safety requirement is there are no holes in the body. This is not about rust repair or restoration; this about getting the car road legal. March 2004.
Rust-through at the rocker panel.
Rust-through in the floor. Looking down with carpeting removed, standing near rear edge of passenger door frame, the garage floor is visible through the rust hole. The bolted plate is a cover over the hole where a sedan normally has its seat belt retractor.
This red piece of metal was salvaged from an old minivan tailgate hatch, coated with common construction adhesive, and pop-riveted to the floor pan.
A piece of plated steel from my junk collection was not quite long enough to hide the rust bubbles, but passed the 50-foot eyeball test for "looks like it might belong there." Maybe.
Another look down from the inside. Garage floor is no longer visible. Inspection is virtually guaranteed.
Undercoating (3M) inside and out.
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