Cracked turret to inner wing

[BROD]

Hi all, since removing my engine bay ive looked round most of the car and the part that worries me the most is this



http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac104/brodsterxx/nova24.jpg



im confident i can repair it but im wondering if this is a common rust point on novas and if so how have other people gone about repairing it? i havent got my wing off yet so i havent been able to inspect how to panels overlap etc. any advice welcome

Brad.

[Royston]

Common location, check both sides, should be easy enough to repair

[BROD]

Cheers mate, im sure i will be fine once ive taken the wing off to have a proper look. Is the part that is cracked just the inner wing and the turret is just spot welded to the inner wing correct?

[swedge]

yeah its quite common there, right where the spot welds are for the turret

clean it and and plate it from the bottom for a better looking finish

[waggygsi]

any where you find rust is a common place on a nova lmao

[BRoadGhost]

Well I wouldn't say it's "easy" due to having to weld directly above yourself, but it's been common in my experience.

IMO take it all back to bare metal & make a few nice plates to strengthen it at the same time.