That would be a tremendous amount of work for a few holes on the inner. The inner is just a flat piece... you can easily patch a few small holes.

 

When you say it’s just the flat piece, are you referring to the section that extends below the floor plan? Doesn’t the inner also extend upwards into the cabin area?

 

Yes it does, but it is just a flat piece of steel. Post some pics of the rust.

 

Ah right. Thank you for the explanation. I don’t have any pics on hand but will post some tomorrow. I don’t believe the corrosion extends into the cabin area and it’s essentially a few holes no larger than a nickel. I’m assuming then that some isolated patches may be all that is required and that is not possible to replace the entire inner rocker (without a lot of work?)

The sheet metal used for the outer rocker panel had a protective zinc layer (like common used on all modern cars) That's why you will see the parts behind it sometimes can be pretty rusty while the outer rocker panel still seems to have very little rust. Frame rails and other "important" parts was made using the same "galvanized" sheet metal from the factory.

Thank you for the info. I had read about the galvanizing in another thread but that was for a 1970 and I wasn’t sure if that was the case for the 1965s as well. This is useful to know.

 

The sheet metal used for the outer rocker panel had a protective zinc layer (like common used on all modern cars) That's why you will see the parts behind it sometimes can be pretty rusty while the outer rocker panel still seems to have very little rust. Frame rails and other "important" parts was made using the same "galvanized" sheet metal from the factory.

 

 

It’s welded across the top it’s welded across the bottom the floor pan flange is welded to it so so you might need to replace part of the floor to get in and have room to cut the section out it is rotted good luck

 

I got under the car today and had another look for myself. I am thinking this is really far less of an issue than has been made out to me by others. It’s difficult to get pics because of the lighting and angle but the area circled in red is an example of what I’m dealing with. There are two others areas of similar size and it’s all toward the front of the car. The outer rocker is rock solid and all spot welds are easily identifiable which to me suggests there is little bondo.

Im not sure I would even call this active corrosion as the car was restored many years ago before it was imported to Australia. Regardless, the transport authority has deemed that the area needs to be repaired so I will make sure all of the under seal is removed along the entire punch weld and see go from there.

 

Wow, the Transport Authority is strict! 😲

 

Yep, he saw the holes then went looking and found another small area on the lower front bulkhead just a little further up that had a glass repair and failed the car.

 

You should talk to the inspector to find out what or how much or type of repair will satisfy his requirements to your car passing inspection . No sense in patching if he's only going to accept a brand new everything .

 

Finally got a chance to lift the car and take some better images of the problem areas. Appreciate input.

 

I would do the "quick fix" repairs it takes to make the car legal and drive for now. Because to me it looks like a can of worms, if you expected the car to be restored and rust free. That there will be more rust hidden in that car than you might think. Then you got time to think: drive as is, sell or jump into an probably larger repair needed to make the car rust free without visible repairs. The problem with rust repairs are that you usually have to remove a lot of stuff to able to do a proper repair and it need a "serious" paint job to last and not be visible afterwards.