<VV> Front valence panel
ChiefTAM at aol.com
ChiefTAM at aol.com
Fri May 20 20:08:48 EDT 2011
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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