R: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Restoration Recommendations, and some important questions.

Ruotolo Gianluca (DD) gianluca.ruotolo at enel.it
Tue Aug 29 11:13:23 BST 2006


Dear friends,

		my restoration job is going on and yesterday the P6 was given to the coachbuilder for a complete respray.

Each piece was cleaned, treated inside with rust converter and then sprayed inside with Dinitrol ( the wings ) or with a red paint against rust ( the doors).
On the external side, it was treated if necessary with a metal plaster and then sprayed with a primer.

A good friend, a retired coachbuilder, did it and I helped him.

No one wanted to do this job and I think I was lucky to find him.

I have sonme questions about the message below.

Please be so kind to anwer me, I'm really very interested.

     First, place a liberal amount of body wax under each sill plate
     as one installs them.  Water has a nasty habit of creeping under
     then, causing hidden rust.

Are we speaking about the outer sills under the doors?
Or about the inner sills? 
Or about what?
Do you put used oil or smthg like this ( wax) inside inner sills?
Jag owners did this, their cars were very prone to rust and in acceleration and breaking liquid oil went around everywere inside the tin boxes to lubrificate everything to prevent from rust.

     Second, when one removes the rear panel from below the rear
     backlight, take off the rubber plate retainer and have it gold 
     plated, to stop the rust.

Are we speaking about the light of the rear wing, and about the related seals?
And what do you do exactly?

     Third, remove all door gaskets insuring that there's no rust.
     If so, take care of it.  Then apply body wax to the door gasket
     retaining strip.  This will make the installation of the door
     gaskets easy to install, as well as stop the rust.




Best regards and thanks in advance, gianluca.

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Per conto di sspmilr at netzero.net
Inviato: lunedì 14 agosto 2006 22.22
A: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Oggetto: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Restoration Recommendations


Hi Roverists:

I've thought of three things that should be done in a restoration.

     First, place a liberal amount of body wax under each sill plate
     as one installs them.  Water has a nasty habit of creeping under
     then, causing hidden rust.

     Second, when one removes the rear panel from below the rear
     backlight, take off the rubber plate retainer and have it gold 
     plated, to stop the rust.

     Third, remove all door gaskets insuring that there's no rust.
     If so, take care of it.  Then apply body wax to the door gasket
     retaining strip.  This will make the installation of the door
     gaskets easy to install, as well as stop the rust.


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