MS75 Crown going under the knife

toywrecker · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:30 pm

You know three scary thing is that my dad probably wouldn't have bought it 40 years ago with the 3 speed auto. Thank god this is the one that showed up in podunk idaho!

ansarghani · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:47 pm

Pretty car! hope to see it more prettier soon!!

toywrecker · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:37 am

Well A few updates. Cleaned off the paint of the rear quarter. The entire C pillar is pitted and parts are rusted thru.

Removed the rear window. Big rust hole... no wonder the trunk leaked!!

Cut out the rust. Now have to weld in a new patch panel

Going to copy this onto some sheet steel and form it and weld it into place

toywrecker · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:26 pm

Alright got some more done today!

Patch panel made and formed... on my knee!

the hole

test fitting

Tack Welded

Smoothed and blended

Have a couple of low spots in it, but not too bad. Nothing that a little filler won't take care of. It followed the body line real nice.

dalags · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:56 pm

awesome looking car

can't wait to see it when its finished!
good luck with it, it'll be worth it

zulu · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:51 pm

this is so asking for a 2j swap :tu:

ansarghani · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:37 pm

neat patch!!

80Celica · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:37 am

Now its torture waiting for the results!!!

toywrecker · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:23 pm

80Celica wrote:

Now its torture waiting for the results!!!

Your telling me... and I'm the one doing the work!

Alright a few updates! Patched in behind the C pillar vent.

The crap panel

The new panel

Fit and tacked in place. The body line behind the vent came out perfect!! Beat it on the back side of my vice!

Comparing the two sides... pretty close. Still needs a little bit with the hammer and dolly

Still need to do the final welding and clean up on the seams, but it's not bad. Just a little bit of final shaping. Overall I'm pretty happy with it! Wish I didn't have to work this weekend so I could do some more.. I just got my shipment of body filler and my first batch of paint in!!

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:30 pm

wow rally nice job.Two questions:
What kind of welder and metal did you use?
what kind of tool is that
you used to hold the panel in place?

toywrecker · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:49 pm

I have a miller 175 220v mig welder using .025 wire. The sheet metal is 18 gauge cold rolled steel. I bought a 2 foot by 4 foot piece for about $20. And holding everything is just magnets I picked up at harbor freight for a couple bucks a piece.

eduardo i. · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:59 pm

Thanks

toywrecker · **Posted:** Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:52 pm

Well Got some more done. Told my dad to quit stripping the paint cause he keeps finding more rust!!!

Window corner cut out.

Back corner patching in.

Blended in... Bondo should take care of the rest.

Lower window cut out.

No rust on this side!

top is clean

Wheel well rust YAY.... grumble grumble

Well should be able to get the window welded back in tomorrow. I took some steel to work so I could bend it on a brake and get a nicer edge that what I would be able to do with a hammer. Still has to have a slight curve put in it so it will fit right. Little heat should bend it real nice.

toywrecker · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:44 pm

welded in the back window today. Was a little worried but it came out real nice!

First part blended. This is what the window actually sits on.

Tacked in rail

A little hammer, a little heat, a little more hammer... Turned out pretty good. Now I just have to get it cleaned up and blended.

bonvo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:56 pm

dude do the body work on my car lol

RobsRide78 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:19 pm

Nice work

But your not done! And you'll always find rust! Dam Rust! :evil:

Hope the wedding is in 2013 :lol:

crown69 · **Posted:** Wed May 04, 2011 1:34 pm

toywrecker wrote:

Well this is what I am looking at doing. I suck at photoshop so ya'll get MS Paint version!!!!

Colors are black, silver, and a brighter metallic orange

Being a little conservative, I'll go for all black.

Vinyl top is gone and not going back on. Causes too much rust and I don't want to have to do this in another 20 years to get rid of the rust again.

...textured flat black paint to create the vinyl effect

I am actually trying to mix a little american muscle car (which the car pulls off) with japanese style. It's tough. Well if I don't like it I guess I'll just repaint it until I do!

crown69 · **Posted:** Wed May 04, 2011 1:45 pm

Save the Foose wheels!! (put on the old crappy ones for paint!)

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that thing will look wicked in black and with early porsche carrera wheels. would love to see a photoshop of that

deanfun · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:32 pm

any update?

toywrecker · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:18 pm

Wow.. Has it really been a year since I updated this?

So a little update.. All the rust is out of the rear of the car. I have a little touch up to do welding wise on the trunk lid and the rear wheel wells.

Haven't actually touched it in about 8 months. I had a little unexpected trip to Afghanistan I had to do that really threw off my plans. I'll get more pics up as soon as it gets above freezing here!

MS75 Crown going under the knife

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