[Healeys] undercoating

[Gary Anderson]

Don't do it is my advice. For sound put pads under the carpets but under
coating more often traps moisture than protecting against it.
Gary

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On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:52 AM, I Erbs <eyera3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The question to undercoat or not has been going through my mind. I live in a
very wet place, my frame is still red from the original body color, now
blue/white.
> I also like the sound deadening aspects of undercoating.
> Opinions?
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <Editorgary at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 6/3/11 10:04:45 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
> >
> > I am pretty sure I saw that my OEW BJ8 was painted black in the inner
> > fender
> > wells per the Concours Guidelines (which is thousands of miles away at
the
> > moment). My car seems to be that way, but was it brushed or sprayed? And
a
> > satin black or real flat or just like the radiator cross braces.
> > Ken Freese
> > 65 BJ8
> >
>
> No, not true. The only instances of OEW cars having black underbody is
> early BN1s. After that, the cars were painted once and only once, body
color.
> (oversprayed coves on two-tones). The only circumstances under which a
white
> car would have black fender wells would be with a dealer-applied
undercoating
> (which we do not recommend replacing) or a sloppy restoration.
>
> Gary
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> Ira Erbs
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