[6pack] Dilemma - What to do with the underside?

[rweber]

I had a similar dilemma when I restored my '71 TR6 a couple of years ago.
Originally, it was just going to be a driver restoration until the engineer in
me just had to see what was underneath the tar. A few hours with a Black &
Decker heat gun and a narrow scraper revealed a number of surprises as well
as DPO bodges that I needed to fix. I did a quick kerosene wash to clean up
the residual tar before sending the body off to the soda-blaster. Glad I did
it.
 
I had it 2 part painted and it looks great. I kept the underside in paint
without undercoat and used chip-coat inside the wheel wells only.
 
I'm glad I did it this way but everyone has a different tolerance on what they
want to put into a car versus what they want to get out of it.
 
Cheers,
Ron W.
71 TR6

--- On Sun, 8/28/11, John Cyganowski <janah at att.net> wrote:


From: John Cyganowski <janah at att.net>
Subject: [6pack] Dilemma - What to do with the underside?
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 5:47 PM


Hi All-

I need help with a dilemma.  The body is ~1/2 blasted and repairs are being
made to a few spots (battery shelf, passenger side footwell).

Next the rear of the body gets done and the question is, what should be done
with the underside?

Currently it has (factory?) undercoat on it.  My car is an earlier car.  It
never had the engine bay coated with the tar/sticky stuff, but the underside
and wheel wells had a coating of undercoat.  The bodyshop has outline a few
ways to go:

a.) Do nothing. (lowest cost)
b.) Light sand blast to remover dirt and any loose pieces and recoat. (cost
+)
c.) Remove undercoat, blast, priime and coat with rubberized bed liner.
(cost++)
d.) Remove undercoat, blast and 2 stage paint. Looks very nice and could show
car with mirrors underneath. (cost ++)
e.) Remove undercoat, blast, priime and coat with rubberized bed liner. Then 2
stage paint. (cost +++)

Body shop guy says that if it was his car, he would go with option d. "because
that's what I like".

Opinions please?

Thanks!
John Cyg.
CC 52927 L:O
1970 Damson
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