[DeTomaso] Undercoating

[michael frazier]

  I'm working on the engine compartment of my '74 ( #6643 ) right now.  It had some undercoat on it, but very little and thin compared to the earlier cars.
More than just over-spray but not much and it was mostly on the very low parts of the  panels.  The rear exhaust valance and the area with the oval holes 
for the bumper mounts had the most.  It all came off with a putty knife.
  I don't recall if the other late cars are like this or not.  My car is a little funny in that it was painted twice before it was assembled.  Green then red.  One
more little DeTomaso foible.

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 



 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:36:50 -0400
> To: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Undercoating
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/6/10 8:51:26 AM, clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> > ****Also, one tech question - This black car in Connecticut is car 3716 
> > and
> > it obviously has the rust proofing on the motor bay.I know that the later
> > cars didn't have it, like in 74.but where was the cutoff? My (major) 
> > project
> > is car 3925 and it has the undercoating in the wheel wheels but has 
> > honestly
> > no evidence of it in the motor bay..I understand that the PO could have
> > removed it, but really, he was an idiot and didn't do anything else right.
> > Sorry.he was unexperienced in such things.. so I think there would be
> > evidence or morsels of it around, but I see none whatsoever on the
> > topside.and I know the car wasn't dipped because the factory coating is
> > still on the bottom..
> > 
> >>>Only the really late cars (1974s mostly, perhaps some very late 1973s) 
> came with painted as opposed to undercoated engine bays. Yours was either 
> stripped, OR the panels that are in the car are factory replacements, perhaps 
> because the originals rusted out when the car was still relatively new?
> 
> When I got my car, it had one original (rusty) panel and one factory 
> replacement. Interestingly, the replacement panel was for an L-model and had an 
> oval-shaped hole for access to the bumper shock mounting hardware. I 
> subsequently replaced the original rusty panel on the other side with a good, 
> solid panel taken from a wrecked '74. So now I have two different L-model 
> panels in my Pre-L car.
> 
> If your panels have the oval cutouts, for sure they are factory 
> replacements.
> 
> Mike
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