There is no weld, (maybe just spot welds) , but the side pannel and the roof
pannel are folded together and pressed, to form the rain gutter lip. This
is a difficult area to rust proof, because rust is hidden inside the seam.
The best you can do is to completelly remove all layers of paint to bare
metal with a wire wheel. Remove all the rust that you can with the wire
wheel. Then paint with a rust converter and then epoxy primer. This way you
seal the rust fairlly good, but it is not 100% guaranteed that rust won't
show up again in the rain gutter seam.

Bill,
'67 Bug.


"george taylor" > wrote in message
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>I am starting restoring my 70 bug. The question is there is some rust ,
>mostly surface, on the rain gutter. the body shop that painted it the first
>time did not pain the car correctly so the rust has blistered the pain and
>was wondering how I should go at the rust? I do know that there is some
>under the pinch weld (between the side panel and the roof pane) but how
>should I get rid of it? I really do not want to have to cut off the rain
>gutter and weld in a new one if I can avoid it.
> George
>