Re: [FWDLK] Crashes to crashes; rust to rust

[Dave Grove -- Grove Automotive <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's the way my '59 was ("bare" under the "eyebrows").
Probably because there is a splash shield there, and the undercoating could
not get anywhere infront of it.  The "kicker" here was that the rubber
"seal" (on the edges of the metal splash shield) deteriorated, allowing all
the salt & crud flung up by the front tires to get into the eyebrow area,
where it "does it's thing" of course.
I think they would have been better off to not even use the "shield", - the
factory undercoating *could* have gotten up in there better (if they had
made any effort to do so at all) and at least you could have stuck a garden
hose up there and washed things out.

Just my .002.

Happy New Year everyone!

Regards,
DaveG.
Louisville, Ky
'59 Sport Fury HT
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Crashes to crashes; rust to rust


> Yeah, what Neil said concerning rust, poor design, salt getting trapped
etc.  I also discovered when disassembling original cars that even though
there was undercoating on the inside of the fender (which stuck rather well
to the point that my body guy didn't want to bother trying to
scrape/sandblast it off), the last 8" of the inner eyebrow did NOT have any
undercoating at all. What was there was a thin layer of paint. So this was
an invitation for the fenders to rust out.
>
> So, here's what I did on my 58 Ply to prevent any future problems :
>
> Rockers - Cold-galvanized the inner rockers before welding on the car.
>
> Inner Eyebrows, lower rear fender area, trunk floor and extension area by
quarter panels, floor boards, removeable panel by driver's feet - coating of
Corroless.
>
> Ron
>
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