<VV> Rocker panels and door posts

[Frank DuVal]

The screen under the cowl panel works wonders here in the east! Dark 
Nylon screen and epoxy is my favorite method.

Frank DuVal

Clark Hartzel wrote:

>I have a 1965 Monza 4-door with rusted front fenders, rockers and door
>posts.  I have figured out why.  The moron engineers came up with this
>lame theory that stuff falling into the grill in front of the windshield
>will wash out of some tiny hole covered with rubber at the rear of the
>rocker panel.  IT DOESN"T.
>I cut (4) 1.5 diameter holes with a hole saw in the bottom of my rocker
>panels under the front and at the rear.  A pile of crap a foot in
>diameter and 6" deep fell out of each hole.  Washing it out with a hose
>down the grill opening made even more junk fall out.  I left the holes
>open.  It is too late for my car but if you are planning on keeping a
>late model and it sits outside, cut some drain holes in the rockers.
>You can't see them unless you do the low crawl under the car.  Early
>models had a drain hole but the hole is stamped inward at the factory so
>junk hangs up on the rough edge.  One leaf lies over the hole and crap
>builds up on top of it!  Put your fingers up the hole and pull all the
>junk out of there.  An even better solution would be to remove the grill
>in front of the windshield and glue a piece of screen to the bottom of
>the grill so the crap doesn't fall in there in the first place.  Of
>course having a bigger garage is the best solution, but mine is just big
>enough work on a car and everything else sits outside.
>Clark Hartzel
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