Inner Wing Protection

[Fireman049]

Here's what I fabricated for the inner wing protection on my 3A.

I am currently working on the front wing protection.

Tom.

[Motorsport Mickey]

Good stuff Tom, you just need to have a foolproof sealing system now to the wing.

 

Mick Richards

[Ian Vincent]

How long are you planning on living?

 

Considering that when they were new they got a coat of blackboard paint and lasted until now, figured that a coat of bonda primer followed by stone chip followed by three coats of paint and a coat of the bilthamber equivalent of waxoyl should see me out.

 

Rgds Ian

[ianc]

But they didn't "last until now" - they rotted away within about 10 years. Ask anyone who owned a TR back in the 1960s.

The under-wing areas provide pockets for the accumulation of mud, and it seems to me a sensible precaution to try and prevent this.

After all, one has probably spent quite a lot on minimising the effects of corrosion everywhere else on the car.

And inner wing protectors cut down the damage inflicted by stone chips - and round our part of Hertfordshire, the roads are covered with small stones, as the road surfaces are falling to pieces.

Ian Cornish

[Fireman049]

Thank you for that Ian ~

I've never been a fan of 'under seal'. When I removed the damn stuff from under my 'E'-type you would be surprised (or not) by how much undetected early rust there was! I was able to wire brush this off.

No, I'm certainly not put off fitting my inner liners. As you quite rightly point out Ian, I've been at pains protecting other parts of the TR from potential rust.

Tom.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Fireman049

[Davidw]

My only caveat, Tom, would be that you make it reasonably easy to get under it all for future inspection. Even with seals I& Waxoyl it is amazing what gets up there.