On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Alan Myers wrote:
> On TR4, the rust in-between the front fender and the footwell wall is
> usually due to the failure of the rubber seal on the outer edge of the
> bulkhead at the rear of the front wheel well, where it meets the outer
> fender. Once there are a few gaps, half of everything thrown up by the
> front tire makes it's way in there & you get something looking like a
> swamp inside. It stays wet constantly & would rust through a battleship.
When I pulled the fender there wasn't too much gunk (dirt) in there, but
there sure was a lot of rust. I had it coming from all areas- there's not
really one single culprit. Water from above, road stuff from the
disintegrated splash shield, and the inner rocker had melted away too.
> If you do choose to route that drain hose, you should be able to turn it
> back under the car, through the inner fender, rather than through the
> rocker panel.
That's what I intend to do. If I get it right I should be able to have it
"suck" the stuff out due to air pressures.
> Does anyone have refernce to '62 color codes? I think my car was
> originally white (in a past life). There is an "L" after the chassis #
> that I think indicates this. (It was "Porsche" orange when I bought it,
> signal red a very short time later and ever since! I'm considering going
> back to white during the current rebuild.)
Check the VTR web-site (www.vtr.org) under the maintenance handbook. I
know they have scans of some of the paint chips.
I also think Joe Curry has a bunch of modern cross-references for the old
colors.
-Malcolm
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