I have an 89 iroc that has rust all over the body. Is that an easy problem to get rid of or should I just strip it for parts?

 

It depends on the rust : if it's surface rust it's nothing, just sand to bare metal and prime. If it's rot, then it depends on how much there is and where it is. If it's a rusted out door, replace it. If it's a hole in the quarter panel, weld new material in place of the rot. If it's the frame, she's dead...

 

Every car is worth saving. Only thing on these cars that is intimidating is rear quarters and the windshield area. Anything else is easily fixed if you have any competent welding skills and actually at least half the car can be replaced with bolt on methods. Unless of course you just got really crazy and started cutting up so much of the body that your whole chassis twists or start fussing with your subframes.

Post pictures, or at least give us a list or we can't help you.

Mathius

 

i dont know how to weld but if its sandable i can do it during my free time.

 

Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you. I cant see any rot but its also hard to tell.

 

yeah im starting to think if its even worth it or should i just swap the engine to my 2.8? this one is a 5.7

 

holy hell...who would do something like that??? check your floors and sub frames before anything...i had a friend that had an iroc and the floors and sub frame were so bad that the axle started twisting...thats when its time to let her go

 

my friend has had it sitting there for the 2 years now. he finally decided to sell it so i bought it. the engine is good the the tranny is done

 

 

thats what he did to it...hes swapping everything out to a solid 86

 

That's a lot of rust, even though it looks like surface rust, I would hang on and look for a nicer car to start with. 3rd Gens can be found cheap, and most even have paint.