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To: british-cars@hoosier
Subject: restore
From: D.DERCOLE@qut.edu.au
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 91 14:33 +1000

        I have finally done it, I'm going to restore the spitfire
        from the ground up. The body is almost stripped to a bare
        shell and close to removing the body from the chassis.

        Now, is there anything I should be wary of when I remove
        body from chassis?

        When the time comes to strip the paint off I had hot
        tanking in mind. But I was talking to a guy at a body
        shop about the idea and he told me that yes you will
        get the best results from that method with one drawback.
        He said chemicals get into all the nooks and crannys e.g.
        seams, folds, sills and soforth. When time comes to rustproof,
        the rustproofing is unable to get into thoses places and
        will eventually rust.

        Is this the case or is he just a bit behind the times as
        regards to how well they clean body parts after being dipped.


        Merry Christmas

        Dom


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