I know most like to present their car's bodies as perfect, straight, never welded, never dented, so straight the factory didn't need any filler(!). Well I like to show it warts and all. And here's a picture of a subset of what I cut out of the Longchamp. I found quite a bit of rust in the following areas: front fenders (no inner fenders), rocker panels (no holes to let water out), rear fender lips and area below the gas tanks (hoses leading water from rear window and water/gas from filler areas deteriorated so water ended inside trunk). That's the bad news. The good news is almost no rust in doors, no rust in hood and trunk lid. And the areas where I've seen some Longchamp areas really being bad, rear lights and area below rear window, no rust at all.
So it took me 5 weeks, being between jobs currently so plenty of time to do it proper, saving a fortune compared to having it fixed.
Also have now drilled plenty of holes to let water out of fenders and rocker panels and front lower grill support (totally gone). And used 3 canisters of sealer and so far 2 canisters of rust protection. When I get it back on the road, I'm driving to the local rust protection people to have the remaining cavities that I can't get to filled with rust protection. This is not a show car, it's an (almost) daily driver.
Anybody want to buy some original Longchamp material?
