[Healeys] Undercoating

[Robert Blair]

Andy,

I did not do a full resto - repaint did not involve everything off/rotisary at
the time.  One day if and when I do a full resto, I may do things
differently.

This was just a long slow budget resto on a good CA driver car.

   Robert N. Blair  65 Yellow BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
   



--- On Mon, 6/23/08, andy pole <ampole at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: andy pole <ampole at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Undercoating
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:54 AM
> While I can see both views, concours against fully wrapped
> in waxoyl etc there
> does seem to be a 3rd option.
>
> My car is being returned to 'original' condition
> and made a bit more user
> friendly due to the benefits of 40+ years of progress. I
> want it to look
> original so the chassis was shot blasted and given a coat
> of etch primer, then
> all floor bottoms, sills, inner wings and leading edges
> (front of frame, cross
> brace etc) were given a coat of stone chip (that thick goey
> black paint)
> before being primed and coated in 2 pack healey blue. The
> outer body will have
> the same on the shroud and wing bottoms (just like a modern
> car). The chassis
> looks like its original (to the casual observer) and should
> hopefully stand up
> great to frequent use.
>
> http://www.austin-healey3000.com/apps/photos/photo.jsp?photoID=5133183
>
> This can all be done at home and etch primer and stone chip
> can all be
> purchased in cans. I have sprayed the black radiator
> baffles / air deflectors
> this way. Its not hard with a power sander to strip the
> inner wings, and give
> them a coat of rust converter if they need it.
>
> cheers Andy
>
>
>
>
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