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The battery box was all but gone, no coffee can patches here. There was what appeared to be a rubber door mat under the battery. A rust-proof repair?	The bulkhead was much better than the battery box, mostly surface rust. This only extended up an inch or so. I cut out all that had even surface rust. Gave it a couple good coats of weld-thru primer and installed the new metal.
I fabricated the new pieces from 14 gauge steel. The new metal overlaps the inside. This makes for a less noticeable seam that is a lot less prone to collecting water.	Then all that was left was stripping to bare metal and a little primer. Just like new, other than a couple of seams that didn't used to be there.

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