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08-08-2020 02:47 PM #11
So I finally got the underside of the floor coated with the Herculiner Poly Bed Liner. I was telling Jim that on my coupe I was coming home one day and someone down the road was moving and had put out a king mattress for the trash man. I flipped it atop the Jeep, drove home slowly and a few days later lifted the body off of the dolly, set it at the edge of the mattress and flipped it up on it's side. I had talked to Duane at N&N and he said the body was plenty stiff, and it worked great! Super easy to mask off the frame rail area, then roll several coats of bed liner on. With the roadster I wasn't comfortable laying it over, so I was stuck rolling on the sticky, goopy, drippy bed liner laying on my back, keeping my face out from under the roller and wearing my welding cap and safety glasses. Xylene or Acetone are the solvents to remove drips, and both are pretty strong solvents. I'd forgotten how much I used on the '33 so I again bought the gallon kit, and could have done it with 2 or 3 quarts but 3 quart kits is almost the same price as the gallon, so I'll do the ATV bed or something.
From the front, the 4 plates on the bottom have the bolts for the seats welded to them, then they're glued to the floor with body filler. Spreads the load to a larger area, and basically means the floor has to come out for seats to separate from the body. They make the underside kind of ugly, another reason for bed liner vs shiny paint.
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From the back, you can see that I masked a 2" strip on the outside where the floor meets the frame. Not necessary, but no added bulk.
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The removable tranny hump and the cover for the master cylinder access plate. This shows the texture better.
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The body is suspended just a bit above the dolly to dry at least over night, just for grins. I'd rather not pull chunks of bed liner off with the dolly.Roger
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I'm happy to see it back up, sure hope it lasts.
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