Pin holes in trunk above fuel tank
The path you take depends on whether this car is a beater or something you want to be repaired right.
The car was my wife's grandfather's. The rest is minimal. So far it's the pin holes in the trunk, a small spot in the forward portion of both sides of the floor pan, and a spot in the inner wheel well where some undercoating cracked and was packed with dirt. I assume there's also some rust around the front and rear windshields, but I won't know for sure about that until I have the windshields pulled.
Although I'm fixing rust now, final paint and non-rust body work may be years away.
All that to say, I want to do it right, but, there are various degrees of right. It does sound like, in this case, right is to pull the tank and clean the metal from above and below.
I suspect that the metal below is fine. The rust in the trunk (and the footwells) is a direct result of leaking gaskets. Not 100% sure exactly which seal is leaking in the trunk (the footwells I know) but all the seals will be replaced before I really have the car on the road. And, I don't see this car being used for much more than cruise nights, possibly shows, but it's gonna be a bit of ratrod until I get after the paint and body.
Anything I should look at replacing while the tank is out of the garage?
