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Hello! Happy to join-found good info here!

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I found this forum on the web looking for direction on undercoating. Plan is resto-mod for this '55 Healey, thanks in advance to the obviously very accomplished members!
 

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Thanks, HealeyRick. Yes, well, I'm hoping to return that front to stock. I know these panels are available new and used, but not sure which way to go. I have a stock used donor grille and shroud part but the shroud's in very poor condition. Grille is good.
 

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Great project you have there "McI" - also, what year is that BMW bike? That looks pretty sweet too!
 
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Thanks, "Basil". Car was my Dad's, I'd like to finish what he couldn't. I'm not the mechanic he was and I have many questions (pos grounding, 4-speed conversion, that awful grill mod, on and on), hoping for a lot of help from your very knowledgeable members. Bike is a '73 R75/5. I bought it as a total wreck on Craigslist and was able to restore it-came out ok, considering. Not many pics but here's one:

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Hello and welcome to the forum.

On your undercoating question. I used POR-15 on bare metal. Wear gloves, that stuff does not come off.

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Make sure you are well ventilated to do POR-15. Don't work out of the can, vapors will mess you up. I had headaches for weeks. Follow the instructions. Good stuff though!
 
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Hey there McI welcome to the forum - before you go too far with adapting the grille, I just got this in a Hemmings post - you may want to take a look at this - kind of lookms familiar

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/20...aily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-04-22
Hi JPSmit! It's three years later but I just wanted to say thanx for the heads up-interesting story. Mine may be similar but nowhere near as clean a job. Shroud was a similar item but install was a total bodge, so I've had it restored to original. Restoration is underway and I have many questions, so I will be posting regularly-stay tuned.
 
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