Re: [FWDLK] 58 Mopar rust problem?

["Terry & Andree Hoeman" <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That is very typical.  Inner fender installed and then the underside is
undercoated leaving area beyond the shield without any.


-----Original Message-----
From: David Grove Grove Automotive <groveautomotive@xxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 58 Mopar rust problem?


>Hello all.  Perhaps the reason the front 8 or 10 inches of the fenders were
>not undercoated is due to a "shield" of sorts being there?  I noticed this
>on my 59 (Plymouth).  While replacing the fenders, I noticed that the
>shield was bolted in place, and at the top of the shield was a strip of
>rubber, evidently to "seal" this shield to the top inside of the fender,
>maybe to protect the headlamp bucket area from spraying salt, mud, rocks
>etc?  Don't know for sure, but I do know that the rubber "seal" had shrunk
>in size, and left a good 1/2" gap or so at the top, thus allowing
>*whatever* to be flung in there off the rotating front tires.  This neat
>little "shield" also prevented one from washing anything out of there with
>a hose.  Perhaps it also prevented any undercoating from being applied to
>the front part of the fenders?   Don't know, but I do know that my new
>fenders did not recieve the shield - just plenty of undercoating.
>Regards,
>DaveG.
>
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>> From: Ron Waters <Ronbo97@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 58 Mopar rust problem?
>> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2000 8:38 PM
>>
>> Most of our cars rusted from the inside out.  Any water (dirt, sand,
>SALT,
>> etc) that got into the rockers ate its way out.  Since the trunk lids
>were
>> not sealed very well, water, etc. got in and settled in the lowest parts
>of
>> the trunks and ate its way out.  Lapped sheet metal, which is plentiful
>on
>> our cars is a breeding ground for rust.  My experience from looking at
>rust
>> free original fenders is that they were not undercoated in the last 8-10
>> inches (the eyebrow area).  The rest of the inner fender did have some
>> undercoating in the form of a tough coating that even 40 years later is
>> tough to remove.  Chrysler could have eliminated the nightmare of
>headlites
>> falling out of fenders if they had taken the time to fully undercoat the
>> inner parts of the fenders.
>>
>> Ron
>