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ItsAnArse

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Yesterday I started work again on my Puma to sort the front brake upgrade so I wanted to put it on axle stands all round to make bleeding easier. Drivers side rear inner sill next to the rear beam mount has crumbled through when I was poking round.

Now I knew I'd be welding this car up at some point. Sad times.
 
Image stolen from grogee's great example of a Puma. Right there where the handbrake cable is clipped is where it has rusted through.
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YOG said:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1674529339508428/user/100016790251766/

What’s that mate? I can’t see Facebook stuff.

Had another look at it today and I’m going to need to cut a lot out of the car. My issue is how do I jack it up to work on it without any sill in place :grin:

I’ll have to remove the interior carpet, handbrake cables, rear beam and suspension, exhaust and heat shield. Then get the angle grinder out and cut basically everything out right up to the rear beam mounting point as it’s all crunchy.

Saveable? I think so. By me? I’m not sure.
 
Any update on this? I doubt those side sills would do the trick. Mine, like ItsAnArse's, is rusted underneath, worryingly close to where the axle mounts to the chassis. I'll be leaving it to the welder soon, but I'd like to see at least one example of this repair having succeeded before.
 
A selection io pics, from when mine was repaired.
 

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