Cowel repair cost . . .

What do you guys figure would be the price tag for fixing the cowel at a body shop? What kind of shop would I go to, a restoration or a body shop?

I have 2 rusted rear fenders too, not too bad but the person who had the car before me used fiberglass. What you figure the cost would be for that to be repaired as well? I don't care if they leave it in primer after, my paint is like a 15 footer and I'm very happy with it.

 

are you going to furnish a donor cowl or just do a patch job?

Frank

 

You live in California!! Buy a Cheap rust free shell and move all your good parts over ... it would be much cheaper and better than fixing a rust bucket.

 

that's not a bad idea, I could probably find a non-rust car for cheap.

As for the cowel I would probably just have them do the patch job. But I'm sure I can get someone here to provide a replacement cowel that's rust free.

 

might be cheaper to get a welder and tackle it yourself.

 

Even in cali our frekin cars rust

 

If it's not too bad rusted...use Por15 putty. I patched my cowl in my Falcon 12 years ago with Por15 putty and it's still holding up fine. http://www.por15.com/EPOXY-PUTTY/productinfo/PU/

 

Jeff how did you prep the metal surface before applying this product?

 

Don't mean to intrude, but how were you able to coat the inside of the cowl? I'm looking to do the same procedure myself.

 

I removed the fender and cut an access hole in the cowl and applied Por15 rust-preventive. After that dried I mixed the epoxy putty and patched the hole. I mig the cowl back together and put the fender back on. Cover your windshield before welding or the sparks will damage the glass. The repair kinda went like this. http://www.stormloader.com/falconccwa/leakhint.htm

 

here is a cheap one you could use for parts

http://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/1467334623.html

 

That may be true....but if I can find rust free cars out here in the rust belt, surely one can find a rust free Maverick in California. If I was in California....no way would I fix any rust, especially as cheap as rust free cars sell for out there.

 

I wouldnt touch one for anything less than 1500$. Doing one correctly requires removing the windshield, fenders, removing the cowl to apron supports. Its not an easy task, and even harder to do with a vehical that is in driving condition as compared to a chassis only car.

 

The Sept. 1992 issue of Mustang Monthly had an article titled "REPAIRING COWL LEAKS". They removed the fender and cut a hole in the cowl. They cleaned it out and using a wire wheel on a long rod, cleaned up some rust. They sprayed Metal Ready in to nutralize the rust and sprayed POR15 in. They patched holes with Duraglass. When done they used Duraglass to seal the cowl back up.

I agree that this is not the best way,but you don't have to weld anything or repaint anything. Please don't kill the messinger here guys. I am just passing along some information.

 

I see what you guys are saying, when it's so easy to come by a rust free car why bother fixing something like this. But I feel a little bad about just getting rid of a car that could potentially be repaired. But I'm sure it'll be quite a lot more than $1500. For $1500 I would think someone will just patch it up with fiberglass etc .