Can the above rust be repaired, one dosen't look to bad, the other has failed its MOT. Am thinking of buying this car with a view to putting it back on the road. If I can find some actual solid metal and get access is this repairable? I won't know until I view car and poke with a screwdriver but will it pass MOT with a patch in this area if I do a good job ans seam wekd everyting (again assuming I can find something to weld to).

Any help would be much apprecaited,

Thank you

 

Hello Andy.

Car? Model? Rarity? Quick answer is that anything and everything is repairable, even if you need to rebuild much of the structure.

Patching or plating over extensive rust or myriad holes, is rarely successful. The real question is whether your DIY skills and resources can produce a professional outcome that will pass your local MOT. inspection. Perhaps they are? If unsure, or destined for the pro shop, the next question is how much of the family fortune you can throw at it.

Your pics reveal just how extensive the cancer has invaded along both sills. The question arises how many other areas not seen . . . A, B, C pillars, lower margins of windscreens, lower doors, floors etc etc. My great concern would be, even with work and expense to fix these visible areas, how long before you are at it again, to deal with the growing cancer invasion that will doubtless follow in coming years.

If this were a Series1 E-Type, the expense of eradicating such extensive rust is justified. However, if it's the X-Type in your profile, made and surviving in their many thousands in most markets, my advice is walk away and find an example without these headaches.

Doubtless not what you want to hear, but I've been there (too often in earlier days).

Cheers

 

no way!!!

Run>>run fast

 

I'm with "cat": If you have horns of plenty for time and money, everything is doable and possible, and why not, IF it is about an E-Type.
And I am with Healey, since is about an X-Type: Run fast. The rust you show will not be the only issue on that Jag...

 

LIke the others, if there is a will, there is a way. Does it make financial sense? Depends on what you can get the parts for and what you value your time at. If you are wanting a winter beater and you can pick up parts for cheap, if you have welding ability, probably something that can be done. Are you going to make a profit on the car. Probably not. Break even is about as good as you are going to get.

Keep in mind that you are talking about structural aspects of the car. So, MOT may be a bit more picky about the repair. Your best bet would be to buy new rocker panels and weld those in. To grab some 1/4" plate and weld it in there to "build it back up" may not be acceptable. Putting new formed steel in there will be as long as the welding is done properly.

The short of my thought is to let this one be and look for another car with fewer issues. It will save you a lot of headaches.

 

Many thanks, I think I will give this one a miss, it was described to me as having rusty sills which I assumed would be just the outer sills where they always rust, this is within my capability. I think when I start removing rotten metal from this there will be nothing left to weld to and as mentioned above me just welding in a section of plate to a structural area of the car probably wont be sufficient for MOT pass. I only wanted to get the car for something to do up and occupy myself on weekends, not make a profit. I will spend the time protecting the underneath of my XF instead.