That's interesting. Although I'll use undercoating when I put her
back together, The Forty spent all of her working life in eastern
Colorado, mostly on the dirt and gravel. she's got 4" cracks in her
front fenders (from shaking on the washboards) but nothing that looks
like a stone bruise. Did they make the fenders thicker on the earlier
pickups?
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Lewis - K7LVO - Medford - Valley of the Rogue - OR
The Forty - 1940 Chevy Pickup - One Owner
http://www.teleport.com/~losborn/1940.html
Sunday, August 06, 2000, 4:44:16 PM, WR wrote:
> Good idea Barry. I'd seen the results of not coating the undersides of
>fenders, and the bruises in
> the paint caused by stones thrown up from the tires. A guy at one of the
>recent car shows had
> mentioned putting a rubberized product for undercoating on the fenders and it
>totally eliminated the
> "rock stars" in the paint. You might want to consider a coating that is
>thick and soft enough to
> provide this type of protection.
> Wally / Templeton, MA
> 53 3100 rod project
>> The undercoating, I hope, will
>> protect from the flying gravel on our dirt roads.
>>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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