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Re: installing new TR3 sill

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Subject: Re: installing new TR3 sill
From: "Mark A. Bunce" <bunce@alma.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:13:57 -0400
References: <7340d62a.351142f8@aol.com>
>I am wondering this myself.  The problem is that you can paint the panel
>inside and make it totally rustproof and when you put the panel over it,
>you apply heat either with a MIG welder, spot welder or some other type
>of attaching device.  THis effectively burns holes in the painted
>surface and leaves it again exposed to the elements.
>
>What I did after attaching the panels is to spray paint into the access
>holes as best I could to cover any bare metal and then prayed a lot that
>I got it all.
>
>Joe Curry
>
>Lftlesl wrote:
>>
>> Dear List-
>> I just received a new passenger side sill for my TR3B, and it is, of course,
>> just bare metal.. Before I cut off the old one and stick this one on, I want
>> to prime inside the channel.  To those of you who have done this before, how
>> can I make sure I completely cover the inside surfaces?
>> TIA,
>> Les Landon
>> Baton Rouge
>
>--
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
Les,
If you check at the auto store, they will have weld-thru zinc
primer just for this purpose.



Mark Bunce
1970 Mk III Spitfire
1976 Spitfire 1500
St. Louis,MI 48880
517-681-3803



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