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[DNK]

For you guys that have restored a 6. In the boot under the tank on either sides is an area with a hard material that chips off .What is that.
You can see where it was the first pic
What's left on the second

Another interesting note. My car is brown but under there is a Yellow (yeah Paul) I have NOT seen this anywhere else that I recollect . Any ideas?

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Hi Don,

That is just seam sealer. The brown you are seeing is most likely red oxide primer. Not sure about the yellow...maybe Paul was working the assembly line that day.....

Here is mine after taking all the seam sealer out.

Cheers
Tush

 

[DNK]

Dave, I don't think it was seam sealer. Very Hard.

 

[HerronScott]

Don,

I seem to recall that my TR4A had that as well. No idea what the material is though which is why I didn't originally respond.

Scott

 

[DNK]

Guess it really doesn't matter ,it's gone
Here is some ugly stuff, the pads under the tank
Center

Right

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Tarboard Don. Sound deadner like an ashphalt shingle?

Cheers,
Tush

 

[DNK]

Makes sense to me
Do most guys put Fat Mat type material back there?

 

[poolboy]

Like you say it doesn't matter now, but I believe it was some sort of vibration or noise damper.
There are a couple patches of the same kind of stuff inside the doors.

That gas tank padding in my 74 must have gotten wet during it's lifetime. It held water long enough or often enough to start rust from the outside of the tank.
Little pin holes, but enough to keep the mat damp amd smelling of gas.
I went back with a dense foam, from a gardeners kneeling pad.

 

[DNK]

...
I went back with a dense foam, from a gardeners kneeling pad.

I got a new set for my work overalls and planned on using the old for the tank

 

[Brosky]

Don, my car had red and green under it from the factory. It was whatever they had left in the guys as the cars came down the line.

 

[DNK]

Dave I noticed in your pic that the middle of the tank area has red lead in it.
Mine didn't

 

[DNK]

Almost stripped

 

[TR6BobNF]

Just went out to the garage and had a look. Mine has it too - both sides under the tank and still intact. The rear of my car is way up on jack stands and hard to get at the trunk but it feels like the tank may just rest lightly on these pads, probably along with the other padding crap that was attached to the bottom of the tank itself. Sound and vibration damping as somebody already said? I had my tank redone years ago so no water-holding pads left on it. I'll have another look tomorrow.

 

[DNK]

Just want to let everyone know that Aircraft paint stripper burns the skin a little bit

 

[TR6BobNF]

Don:
Went out and had another look and those pads are definitely there as a base for some kind of cushioning material. I can feel a foam-type substance underneath but cannot see it with the tank in there. I will be detailing the trunk area this summer and will probably install dynamat in that general area. One pic attached. Hard to see though.

 

[DNK]

Bob, get a bigger camera!

 

[TR6BobNF]

You're gonna have to trust me that there's stuff in there! First too big, now too small. I re-sized it from the megapixel size, still too big. I re-size the re-size and it gets too small. Is there a draw feature on this forum? If I ever drive the car back to Washington where she started out, I'll show ya.
Cheers,

 

[HerronScott]

Bob,

The best method is to upload the original picture to a photo-hosting site like Photobucket and then insert a link to it here.

Scott

 

[TR6BobNF]

Thanks Scott. You gotta know when Don is yankin' your chain but to appease the old guy I've downloaded to Flickr as suggested. Hope this works. :0)



https://www.flickr.com/photos/89706014@N00/5762499942/in/photostream

 

[DNK]

Don't know how flicker works but that link is kaput