The question to undercoat or not has been going through my mind. I live in a
very wet place, my frame is still red from the original body color, now
blue/white.
I also like the sound deadening aspects of undercoating.
Opinions?
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 6/3/11 10:04:45 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
> >
> > I am pretty sure I saw that my OEW BJ8 was painted black in the inner
> > fender
> > wells per the Concours Guidelines (which is thousands of miles away at
> the
> > moment). My car seems to be that way, but was it brushed or sprayed? And
> a
> > satin black or real flat or just like the radiator cross braces.
> > Ken Freese
> > 65 BJ8
> >
>
> No, not true. The only instances of OEW cars having black underbody is
> early BN1s. After that, the cars were painted once and only once, body
> color.
> (oversprayed coves on two-tones). The only circumstances under which a
> white
> car would have black fender wells would be with a dealer-applied
> undercoating
> (which we do not recommend replacing) or a sloppy restoration.
>
> Gary
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