Ah, yes...undercoating. When I bought my BJ8 4+ years ago, the wheel wells
had been undercoated. I never liked the looks of it and removed the
undercoating
from the front and painted. Looked great! This spring I started removing
the stuff
from the rear wheel wells and found out why some PO had undercoated: rust, tin
worm, lots of the "usual Healey rust". The gusset on the left side was
rusted loose
and the rocker extension into the right wheel well was actually missing,
with a big
wad of steel wool stuffed into the hole -- all this covered with
undercoat. Of course,
the lower panels were all well ventilated... drains better that way, I guess.
I will never again buy a Healey that has been undercoated. Perhaps
something to
consider before covering up perfectly good metal with undercoat...
I just had the rust repaired, and it wasn't cheap -- but, it sure looks good.
Robert Hughes
65 BJ8
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>The underside of the body has a lot of road tar that we mostly have removed.
>Some remains in hard to get areas. The plan is to spray the underside of
>the car with undercoating. If we go this route, it will be impossible to
>remove. Is this a mistake given the ultimate goal of concours?
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