Re: [Chrysler300] 300L Rocker Panels

["Steve Galezowski" <stevenlulu@xxxx>]

Wow Ryan, you are good! There was lead in all of those places and it was
rather poorly finished. In fact, I had argued with the body man that it
can't be factory but he insisted it was. I asked him smooth out the finish
to make it better than factory. I don't think it hurts originality since I'm
sure there must have been some cars that were produced with good finishes on
these seams. And I agree that I don't want people looking at the car
thinking there was sloppy body work done (as I did when I purchased the car
and got the seller to reduce his price because of it!).

Thanks for your comments, Ryan.

Steve Galezowski


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>
To: <steveg@xxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300L Rocker Panels


> Steve, I guess I had not mentioned the factory filled areas on the cars
were
> done in lead and are often very poorly finished. The rear of the rocker
> panels as you might have noticed are pretty rough and usually the seams at
> the top of the quarter panels(between the rear window and the trunk lid)
are
> pretty wavey. You'll also find lead over the rear taillights in the
corners
> and in the front fenders over the headlights.
>
> I've been trying to make a decision about what to do with these factory
> filled spots.....if I smooth them out it won't be original and stock but
if
> I leave them the majority of people will just think the bodywork was done
> poorly. What a dilema.........
>
> As for the healpad queery, I'm not sure what the Legendary healpads look
> like but I'm sure curious. If you are buying from Legendary, please let me
> know if they are correct heelpads and if they come with the jute
> padding(sound deadener). I might order another set and use the Goers
carpet
> in my other '65 300. By the way, all '65 300's (letter and non-letter)
have
> the same healpads on both sides in case you do need to locate a clean
> original set. There are really only a few very minor differences between
the
> 'L' and the regular 300's other than the 413 powerplant. The only
differnece
> inside is the emblem on the console door.
>
> Talk to you soon. Ryan Hill
>
>
>
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