Repairing Windscreen Panel Rust in a Bay

[Oldman]

Courtesy Retro1:

Today I have taken the windscreen out of my 1975 baywindow due to the rust that is appearing under the window.
One of the first things I did was to order a new rubber seal from Roy.
This is a common problem in all kombi?s so I thought I would put a post on regarding this.
Tools I?ll need are 
Angle grinder/die grinder for small finer grinding 
Wire brushes (hand and electric )
Sharp knife or screw driver
Mig welder
Hammer and assorted panel beating tools
Files and sand paper
Spray painting equipment.

The first two pictures are of the rust as it was as soon as the window was removed.
You can see the spots of rust that are coming thru the panel just below the window line( pic 2).







The next picture is the rust cleaned up with wire brushes .This exposes even more rust and with the aid of the screwdriver and or knife I hit the metal along the channel to ensure that all the rust was found and hopefully prevent doing this again.





This is the section that needs the most work this is the before picture.



This piece is of a donor kombi ute that I cut up and have only laid over the top of the section that is to be replaced . It will need to be fitted properly latter. That is tomorrows job.




The total time so far spent to this stage is approx 1 hour.