I've started working on the bay and have a couple more questions:
What is the best way to handle the rust? Some seems to be surface rust that has shown up after I cleaned the area (I think the cross member) while other rust has been there for some time (battery tray area and heater core box). I was going to sand it down and use a converter on whatever remained, but some of the rust is on painted surfaces and something like POR-15 is meant for bare metal. I was not planning on stripping everything down to bare metal.
I do have a couple of holes under the battery tray area (red circle). I don't have a welder, so what's the best way to address these? Get a welder and learn how to use it? Get a new inner fender just for these small areas? Use some POR-15 with fiberglass (after stripping down to bare metal)?
I'm going around in circles researching this so I thought I'd post some pics and ask you all...
