Johnny I will go out and look but I don't see a braised joint there and there is no rust. There were no cracks there before I stripped it. I will look a little more closely at it.
As far as primer I have that covered. It is the number one priority but weather is interrupting. It has been soda blasted but I am sand blasting or sanding everything to fresh metal before covering. POR15 is going over bare metal in the underbelly which has been sandblasted. I am not going to put it over primer because it will defeat what it is used for. Metal is freshly blasted so it will stick well. Rest of the car will be etch primed but not till I get good clean virgin metal.
Meanwhile, with the weather not so good I will be doing metal work.
Gary
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