<VV> Front valence panel

[ChiefTAM at aol.com]

I do have a complete NOS front sheetmetal, the piece that is everything  
between the front fenders, for a LM in storage in Texas.  Might be willing  to 
part with it.
 
Todd in MN
 
 
In a message dated 5/20/2011 7:39:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
HallGrenn at aol.com writes:

David,

If the steel panel isn't completely gone you might  want to try what my  
bodyman Earnie (that's how he spelled his name)  and I did twenty years ago 
to a 
1965 convertible.  We cut the sloped  part of the trunk directly behind the 
outer panel to gain access to the  back of it.  (Earnie created two metal  
"tabs"--one on each side  of the trunk latch support by cutting three sides 
of a  rectangle and  bending them back). Then I cleaned out the rust on the 
back  of the  outer panel mechanically using wire brushes and then used an 
acid 
rust  eater (at the time I got it from Clark's and I think it was  
phosphoric  acid--the chemists out there can comment) to stop the  rust.  
There are 
many  other rust eating products out there  now.  After Earnie had patched 
in  
new metal where needed and  done the body work (he was a master with 
lead--old  school--I'm sure  Bondo would be used by most now), I painted 
the  back of 
the panel  with Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer, then Rustoleum Clean  Metal  
Primer, and a final coat of Rustoleum Black.  I would probably  use  
something 
like POR 15 today.  Then the two trunk side  "tabs" were bent back  into 
place, spot welded, the seams smoothed  and the whole trunk was  painted.  
That 
repair has lasted twenty  years.

My 1965 Corsa needs the same work and I plan to have it done the  same way  
(just need the time and money).

Best of luck with  it.

Bob Hall
Group  Corvair
Corvanatics
CORSA
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