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WannaBe68 · 10-30-2017, 04:41 PM

Dave,
Thanks again for the pics...they helped big time! Notchback is right, the spot welds are not evenly spaced and with the amount of surface rust I had to deal with I missed a few spots and drilled several holes in one location.
After getting the two pieces apart and blasted it turned out this replacement hatch had serious rust issues, but not nearly as much as the one on my Burn right now. But I did send out a WTB - serviceable hatch, in the parts thread, for a hatch that might have good corners I could use. No reply on that front yet. So, I got a good coat of 2k epoxy primer on them and happened to hear about a good restoration shop out 290 at the Beltway. Called them up and ran the pieces out there for a look. They are going to cut out all the rust areas and replace them with patch panels...and weld up all the pin holes as well. Hoping to have a solid shell in about a month!

10-30-2017, 04:41 PM	#6
WannaBe68 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Texas! Posts: 430	Re: Suburban Upper Hatch Disassembly Dave, Thanks again for the pics...they helped big time! Notchback is right, the spot welds are not evenly spaced and with the amount of surface rust I had to deal with I missed a few spots and drilled several holes in one location. After getting the two pieces apart and blasted it turned out this replacement hatch had serious rust issues, but not nearly as much as the one on my Burn right now. But I did send out a WTB - serviceable hatch, in the parts thread, for a hatch that might have good corners I could use. No reply on that front yet. So, I got a good coat of 2k epoxy primer on them and happened to hear about a good restoration shop out 290 at the Beltway. Called them up and ran the pieces out there for a look. They are going to cut out all the rust areas and replace them with patch panels...and weld up all the pin holes as well. Hoping to have a solid shell in about a month! Attached Images Last edited by WannaBe68; 10-30-2017 at 08:46 PM.