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Mar 02, 2013 7:04 pm
Mar 02, 2013 7:04 pm
Subject: Re: chassis painting
Hi Barry;
Yes, I removed everything that was bolted on. Only the big crossmembers and engine mounts are rivetted. Quite a job undoing all the bolts since this car was driven in Quebec and New Brunswick for about 17 years, year round. There is some rust visible at the rivetted joints, but the rivets are sound and it's not going to be driven on salted roads anymore so I decided to leave it be. The worst (and only significant pitting} was between the wood body sills and frame, and where the copper grease lines were clipped to the frame. Otherwise it survived very well, due to so few enclosed spaces.
Alec
Hi Barry;
Yes, I removed everything that was bolted on. Only the big crossmembers and engine mounts are rivetted. Quite a job undoing all the bolts since this car was driven in Quebec and New Brunswick for about 17 years, year round. There is some rust visible at the rivetted joints, but the rivets are sound and it's not going to be driven on salted roads anymore so I decided to leave it be. The worst (and only significant pitting} was between the wood body sills and frame, and where the copper grease lines were clipped to the frame. Otherwise it survived very well, due to so few enclosed spaces.
Alec