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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.
 
Great project you have there "McI" - also, what year is that BMW bike? That looks pretty sweet too!
 
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.

David
 
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!
 
JPSmit said:
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
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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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