Next Weld Repair with Clecos

Cleco clamps are brilliant. They're basically tiny spring loaded clamps used for temporarily fixing panels together to be welded. Normally you use them for overlap joints - drill a hole through both pieces and insert the Cleco which will clamp them together before welding. But I've used them differently here to do a Butt joint.

The rear panel in the picture needed some love. The previous owner had half finished a nasty trunk repair with a steel sheet and some seriously bodged welding. I'm a novice welder but this guy was a real hack!

























These pics show the state of the rear most panel after I'd cleaned it up a bit. It's got some rust holes too so it needs to come out and be replaced before the new trunk floor goes in.