I bought my car (1965 BJ8) in California in 1972. It was a Sacramento car
and had no rust - other than in the engine block as the PO didn't use
antifreeze, but that is another story! Anyway, car was rust-free.
Eventually transferred to "salt country". Took the car to a shop for a
minor body repair. Picked up car and it had been undercoated! Fella
thought he had done me a favor!!! As car was never driven in the rain if at
possible, much less snowy, etc. I was really upset. Still am. Stuff is
miserable to work around after the standard Healey oil drips get on it it
gets soft and whenever I work under the car I inevitably get tar on my shirt
sleeves, etc. I have thought about getting it off, but never seem to get
the perseverance factor going enough to do it. Thankfully, I don't have
concours goals so I guess other than an irritant it hasn't really hurt
anything. Still upset about it though - but once it is on there it ain't
gonna (how's that for diction?) come off easy - very pervicaceous stuff,
undercoating tar. Venting frustration is effective therapy, isn't it?
Stever
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Brett Bonner
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:32 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Should I undercoat Healey?
Hi, I'm restoring a '59 100-6 BN6. It is to be a sunny day weekend driver,
but eventually go concours as I have time and money.
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?
Thanks.
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