Re: {Chrysler 300} Torsion Bars + Eyebrows

So after repairing 57 dodge eyebrow with hand fabbed pieces , a lot of work ( could not find eyebrow patches anymore) and painting the inside with rustoleum , we put in a cut to shape stainless steel blocker sheet behind the headlights , caulked far edges to fender and it bolts on a lip to apron , no more packing in of junk . They should have done that

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On Feb 20, 2022, at 10:55 AM, Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don Warnaar mentioned the eyebrows rusting out on our late 50s Mopars. One of the reasons that happened was that Chrysler never bothered to undercoat the last 6 - 8 inches inslde the eyebrow. I discovered that when I did a ground up restoration on my 58 Plymouth. I acquired six rust free 58 Plymouth fenders from Western cars. The undercoating just 'ends' at a certain point. A foolish mistake to save a few seconds of production work and a few pennies for the bean counters.

Ron

From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Warnaar
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 4:32 PM
To: Donald Verity
Cc: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Torsion Bars

Don Verity said it all, but I can add a personal experience. I bought a '57 Plymouth in 1959. The rear anchors did not have boots and they were filled with debris. Did not try to seal them with some sort of boot, but cleaned out all the debris and kept them clean on a regular basis. Neither ever broke. Had a '60 Plymouth which of course had the boots.

Of course, one headlight brow was rusting shortly after getting the car.. Thoroughly cleaned out all the caked in mud on both fenders and painted the inside of each with Rustoleum primer and then enamel. Kept both free of debris by blowing out with compressed air regularly. The good one never rusted out. The other required minor repair a couple of times even with the coating inside.

Don Warnaar

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