<VV> Re: I need LM body/floorboard repair answers

[BBRT]

Please tell us what he experts tell you offline.

My 68 doesn't have the round , plugged holes in the rear of the front wheel 
wells which are in the front of the rocker arm area. I always figured they 
left them out .
The open seams are due, IMHO, to the sloppy assembly some later models have. 
Remember, water will run down the front of the door/hinge post from the cowl 
area into the rocker area.

I think this is the source of the rust in the area above the stamped metal 
"frame".

Chuck S


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From: <Taruffi57 at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:39 PM
Subject: <VV> Re: I need LM body/floorboard repair answers


>I am restoring/modifying a '69 500 Coupe and ran across some  "unknowns".
>
> (1)  the rocker areas have a rubber "exit" flap on the inside - just 
> forward
> of the rear wheel, but I see no entry point for water up front.  My
> passenger side seems sealed off at the inside rear of the front wheelwell 
> at the
> level of the rocker..  Good undercoating and no openings for water  entry. 
> The
> left (drivers) side is quite opposite.  It has gaps in the  lower 
> folded/lapped
> sheet metal at the bottom of the rear of the front >
> (2)  about 2 or 3 inches to the left of the clutch pedal rubber  footpad 
> is
> an area of thick smeared-on sealant.  I could
> see rust there so dug out some of the sealant  and found rust-though. 
> There
> seems to be 3 layers of lapped sheet metal  there...one being the front
> subframe member flange.  > Joe Dunlap
> Cen. Florida
> 2 Corvairs and a buncha other stuff