I decided to replace the rear panel in it's entirety, based partly on a recommendation from Dan - who pretty much knows about these things! I had another way to go , and I had panels for either choice....
First choice was to simply cut off the bottom, rusty bits and replace them with a panel made for that repair, in hindsight it might have been easier than drilling out all the spot welds and cleaning up that mess, but like I said....I think replacing the whole panel will give a better final result. I hope so at least.
1st pic is of the three repair panels, next pic shows the whole a panel removed.....I need to clean up any left over seam sealer and I'll need to get the flap disc after the remaining bits so I have a smooth seam to weld to. I also need to clean the e-coat off the joining surfaces of the new panel, and spray a little weld thru primer, then I'll be ready to weld er up.
I left a little at the top on the c pillars, I'll clamp the panel up in place then slice that for a clean joint.
