[T3] Wanna see the inside of a Rocker?

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

I have my L rocker apart for the restoration... I welded up the skin a few
years ago but it was swiss cheese.  I didn't oil the rockers for the first 2
years I had it as I wanted to paint it and the salt did its damage... but
the reason I have a perfect right rocker and a trashed left is because I
forgot to seal the weepholes in the top!

Aside from removing the sponges in your front fenders the second best thing
you can do to keep your type 3 from rusting is keep water out of your rocker
panels!  There is no protective paint in there and just a little hap-hazard
primer here and there... so look carefully at how the dripping water is
right where the holes are on the rear top of the inner skin.  The heat tube
itself is inside that skin.

Our poor rockers are just plain unprotected inside so if any moisture gets
in there... they don't last long!  Oiling them is the best solution but I
will paint the new skin before I put it on and sandblast and paint all the
metal on the inner skin before I weld it back together too.

Here are some pix, just go to the last  pictures on page 6 and 7

http://classicvw.org/gallery2/v/KeithP/?g2_page=6

Keith

Top Notch Restorations
topnotch@nycap.rr.com 
http://members.aol.com/radiorest/main.htm
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