Don Warnaar mentioned the eyebrows rusting out on our
late 50s Mopars. One of the reasons that happened was that Chrysler never
bothered to undercoat the last 6 - 8 inches inslde the eyebrow. I discovered
that when I did a ground up restoration on my 58 Plymouth. I acquired six rust
free 58 Plymouth fenders from Western cars. The undercoating just 'ends' at a
certain point. A foolish mistake to save a few seconds of production work and a
few pennies for the bean counters.
Ron From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Warnaar Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 4:32 PM To: Donald Verity Cc: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Torsion Bars Don Verity said it all, but I can add a
personal experience. I bought a '57 Plymouth in 1959. The rear
anchors did not have boots and they were filled with debris. Did not try to seal
them with some sort of boot, but cleaned out all the debris and kept them clean
on a regular basis. Neither ever broke. Had a '60 Plymouth
which of course had the boots.
Of course, one headlight brow was
rusting shortly after getting the car.. Thoroughly cleaned out all the
caked in mud on both fenders and painted the inside of each with
Rustoleum primer and then enamel. Kept both free of debris by
blowing out with compressed air regularly. The good one never rusted out.
The other required minor repair a couple of times even with the coating
inside.
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