What are the options when the rear frame rails for the 86 brat is all rotted out?

[moosens]

Please take lots of pics of the repairs

 

 

 

Yeah! Tough to bother with a camera after a hard effort,but if you can some of us here would really appreciate it. How do you guys down there say it? "git 'er done!!!"

 

Couple of guys up here with several to "many" older Subarus that could use the same kind of effort to continue life on the road. Hi ctsuba !

 

I'd get that '82 on eBay right now if I had a welder and space to work.....or any one of a number of east coast Subarus for that matter.

[coxy]

When welding in new sections I was refering to replacement of a flanged section that for instance sits on top of another whole component,I do not advocate using a joggler to step and then do an overlap style of repair as these will only last a couple of years before they rust again.

To have any chance of stopping rust you must weld in new metal edge to edge otherwise known as butt welding,overlapping sections are always an issue when it comes to future rust.

Would hate to see someone go to all that trouble only to get a couple more years when if approached slightly different it can be a couple more decades of usefull life.