[Healeys] undercoating

[Alan Seigrist]

I live in Hong Kong which is tropical.  There is no substitute for a very
good coat of paint, preferably with a zinc undercoating or galvanization.
 Undercoating is a recipe for disaster.  Waxoyl is a good idea for the
chassis.

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:52 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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