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

[J R Read_HML]

There SHOULD be a rubber/plastic/whatever cap at the front end of the 
rocker - and it would normally be in place unless someone has done a 
"repair" in that area.  HOWEVER - that is NOT where the water enters the 
rockers.  It comes from the cowl area in front of the windshield.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Taruffi57 at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:39 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 wheelwell  and since 
> some
> rust repair has been done recently in that area, the undercoating  is 
> gone.
> Looks like water can easily run down through the rocker.   Did GM 
> completely
> seal off the rockers at the front and should I put it back  like that?
> Makes no sense to me that there is an apparent "exit" point at the rear of
> the rockers and no visible "entry" point - forward.
>
> (2)  about 2 or 3 inches to the left of the clutch pedal rubber  footpad 
> is
> an area of thick smeared-on sealant.  It's on the sloped  vertical part of 
> the
> floorpan.  There is an exact copy of it on the  passenger side also.  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.  No rust anywhere else  in the vertically sloped 
> floorpan.
> Everything behind the gas tank  looks solid and clean.  I don't see any 
> water
> entry point so was wondering  where the water came from to cause this 
> "cancer"
> since I want to prevent  recurrence.
>
> Any wisdom greatly appreciated.
>
> Joe Dunlap
> Cen. Florida
> 2 Corvairs and a buncha other stuff
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