Door to Sill rust area

[Don2138]

Went out to-day to look at a couple of Stags, ended up looking at three. One concern was I noticed all to a greater or lesser extent had what looked like rust in one area. This was even on Stags that looked in good condition in all the other areas. This area was where the front door pillar meets the sill. i.e. with the Door open follow the door pillar down from the hinges and as it curves into the top of the sill there was what looks like rust under the paint mainly on the sill top area. The only way to prove would have been to remove the paint to see what was underneath and obviously I did not want to do this as I am sure the owners would not have been too pleased. Any comments appreciated.



Many thanks,  Don Kennedy



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[Dave w]

Don, the area you are talking about is the 'a' post if you can pull back the carpet
and check from the inside, they do rust at this point.
good luck Dave.

[Don2138]

Hi Dav,

Many thanks for your time with the reply. Yes it is the A post area is where all of the Stags I have looked at seem to be suspect. Is this carpet etc stuck down as one of my concerns is causing damage to the car although if the seller objects maybe they have something to hide ?. It is possible that that some of the Stags I have seen could just be surface rust but what I have seen make me suspect more. Slightly strange as one of the Cars I looked at was very good in all areas except for this A post area. Looks like more investigation required. One of the other Stags I looked at was very “interesting” had a complete restoration a few years ago, that was what the seller said, all I can say is the restoration was done by Stevie Wonder and checked afterwards by Ray Charles.  


Many thanks,  Don Kennedy.

[Richard B]

359 wrote:

One of the other Stags I looked at was very “interesting” had a complete restoration a few years ago, that was what the seller said, all I can say is the restoration was done by Stevie Wonder and checked afterwards by Ray Charles.  

I had to do repairs to that area on my Stag. I think water/condensation tends to collect in the windscreen surround and then travel due south.

My wings and sills had been changed approx 20 years before, I managed to repair this area without major surgery, but with a fair bit of stripping down for access!