Yikes, never a nice surprise.

Check the front sub frame right by the firewall. They tend to rust a bit there.

Is it a sunroof car? I don't understand how you have rust along the roof trough. You could be rusty in the roof but that only makes sense if you have a sunroof car. If you do, you will likely need to do a new roof.

All this stuff ads up. Before you get too far, know what you are up against. You can find another body that maybe needs your motor and other mechanical parts.... it could be a better path to spending less.

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Yikes, never a nice surprise. Check the front sub frame right by the firewall. They tend to rust a bit there. Is it a sunroof car? I don't understand how you have rust along the roof trough. You could be rusty in the roof but that only makes sense if you have a sunroof car. If you do, you will likely need to do a new roof. All this stuff ads up. Before you get too far, know what you are up against. You can find another body that maybe needs your motor and other mechanical parts.... it could be a better path to spending less.

thanks for comment.

No sunroof on this one, only the passenger gutter rail seems bad. any ideas how a novice can fix this?

Rust on the actual front sub frame? I didn't see any.

If your car was the Malaga color you would have my car exactly - right to the rusted frame rail, shock towers, etc. Good luck! As i'm in the process of stripping my 72 02' to the bare metal and setting forward to replace a lot of body. *YIKES!*

If your car was the Malaga color you would have my car exactly - right to the rusted frame rail, shock towers, etc. Good luck! As i'm in the process of stripping my 72 02' to the bare metal and setting forward to replace a lot of body. *YIKES!*

good luck.

With that rust in the trough, you probably go water in your roof somehow. Have you taken the headliner out?

With that rust in the trough, you probably go water in your roof somehow. Have you taken the headliner out?

yes, headliner is out. things look 'ok' on the inside of the roof.