My car has been down from early April until late July from a serious rust issue on the rear suspension. The right rear shock mount rusted free in the wheel well so I had to park it until I had time to fix it. I took off an entire week from work in June to get the ball rolling on my car. I took it down to my parents' house where I have an '89 Z24 parts car that had good metal still. I gutted the interior and found more rust under the drivers seat and the rear x bracing for the back seat was broken. After a month of cutting and welding I am happy to say that my Z is back on the road with new interior and a solid chassis.

Looks like a job well done. I'm sure the Cav will be much quieter now. Did you get a new carpet while you had it pulled apart. I just replaced mine this summer when I painted the floors.

I used the carpet from my 89. It had some really nice black interior. I'm converting from blue to black. My aunt is going to reupolster my seats.

I had no idea when reading your rust was umm so bad.I see you have done alot to counter the issue.Looks solid now and I guess some more prep to protect it like undercoat the bottom etc.Nice and wish I could do some work,but had a virus the last 4 days and down.

Nice Work!

Thank you. The welder gave me a nice tan for the rest of the summer. I did not undercoat anything on the new parts. Undercoating is the main reason why I had such horrible cancer. My parts car was not undercoated and all of its sheetmetal looked new still. I kept catching my car on fire with that stuff also.

Dang. That's some bad stuff. I recently stripped a '86 Z due to some pretty bad rust. Glad you're able to save yours, Josh. I've always liked that car.

Paul

Thanks Paul. It was definitely a project. I got a nice tan from 8 hours of straight welding.