Okay, guys with bodywork experience and "creativity"...
I'm rebuilding the windshield frame on my Swinger, much of which was rotted out due to trapped water under the vinyl top. I have neither the money nor experience to do the repairs "correctly" (fabricating new pieces of sheetmetal and welding them in), nor would it be cost-effective to pay someone else to do the repairs on a car that, lets face it, will never be worth much. Besides, I just want to get the car back on the road, even if it's only for a few years.
I was able to rebuild some of the missing sections at the top of the windshield by cutting out the rotted areas, cleaning everything I could reach down to bare metal, and filling the areas with epoxy putty. We'll see how long it lasts (at least I'm no worse off than when I started).
Before:
After:
Since I've never done bodywork before in my life, I'm pretty proud of myself. Try not to rain on my parade too much...
Anyway, the problem is, I can't figure out how to fill two holes at the base of the frame on the driver's side corner of the windshield. They reach into areas that I can't reach from behind, and there's no support for epoxy.
Any poor man's ideas? I'm worried that if I just slap epoxy on and smooth it out, it will shrink the channel and/or interfere with windshield fitting/sealing. Patches would need to go in from behind. I'm assuming just leaving the holes would be a bad idea, too.... I'm open to suggestions.