Engine Bay Rust

Now the interior is on hold due to waiting for floor pans. I have moved onto the engine bay. first of all I removed the hood. This is simple just four bolts at 1/2 ". Dont try this on your own because the bonnet the slip off and end up on the floor.

When I got the hood off the bolts had caused rust to form on the brackets. so I wire brushed the brackets and put some rust paint on them. Luckily the brackets have just surface rust.

Next I went back to the bonnet. I took the heat sheild off the bottom of it trying my best to keep it in some kind of good condition. Then had a look at the surface rust on the underside of the bonnet. So I got my wire brush out and spent about an hour sorting it all out. Then put the paint over it. I also found that this was not the original bonnet because its in blue.
While the bonnet is drying off i went inside the engine bay and sanded out all the spots of surface rust. I found spots of rust on the wheel arches and on the bulk head. So I sorted all that out. But overall the condition of the rust of this car is not so bad considering that these Vivas rust crazy.

Floor Rot

I have just taken up the carpet and found that I have a few nasty surprises waiting for me. I have just found that I was half a millimeter away from doing a Fred Flimstone in my car.

So moving on... I am going to have to remove all that nasty rust that has been caused by the underlay of the carpet holding all the water so that the rust could form. So I have gone and got myself a decent wire brush. My plan is to rub the floor down to the point where the rust has gone and then treat with rust and metal paint. Then cut away all the rusted areas and re-plate the floor and all the other areas......

So about two hours later I have done one foot well out of two. The underlay had fused into the rust and it was just hell to get it down and out. I now have dust up my nose and all over my hands are cuts from the jagged floor. If you have to do this I suggest wearing a respirator.

After several hours of going at it solid I have cleared a lot of the worse areas. Now I plan to coat the areas in rust treatment paint until I can get new floor panels for the viva. I have not gone crazy just quick two coat with paint.As you can see from pictures this is not going to be an overnight job. Anyway I have now completed interior rot apart from two areas which I am most upset about. In the corners of my interior on my wheel arches I have noticed the sides have got black tape on them.
So I take a big breath and remove the tape to find some idiot has put tape over two majors parts of rust. instead of sorting it they have put tape to hide it. What do these people think, that bodge tape cures the problem of rust.
How about this for an ad.......
Never mind spending money on expensive metals and work hours on welding up those nasty areas of rust. Just bodge it with my miracle bodge tape. IDIOTS.
Anyway so I set out again with my wire brush to get it all out. Which seemed to take me forever. so job jobbed I cover it with the paint.Please remember for those of you that dont know this is not a resolution this will have to be cut away and a new part welded in.