Re: [Chrysler300] 300F

["John Grady jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Noel, I think the real issue is two fold.. lack of really good epoxy prime and paint —after all the whole car gets wet and water sits in various places you cannot see as obviously as this one . Combined with porous foam nature of the original weatherstrip and poor quality gluing such that gaps in corners draw water in to the slit behind weatherstrip by capillary action . If you look at where the rust usually is, it is up behind the weatherstrip, not where the puddle sits... but progresses to the puddle area later . So careful paint work and careful gluing at edge of weatherstrip goes a long way . I am ambivalent about the drains   as a new and sure place to try to rust is around the hole . Not sure the cure was thought out very well , if problem is the weatherstrip gluing , drain does nothing Thus gone in 61. However the trunk lid drain is critical and often plugged up . That causes severe rust under the hub cap . The end at hub cap should be sealed carefully to avoid rust starting around the drain .

Just sharing what I have seen on a lot of F..

John 

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On 1 May 2018, at 10:19 pm, Noel Hastalis cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 1, 2018 at 9:12 PM Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mick,

I don't recall seeing the drain tubes on any Gs, like I've seen in some of the Fs. As you've seen on my F, a prior owner when the car was still in California punched a couple notches outboard on my trunk lip, located approximately where Chrysler installed the drain tubes, to enable the water to drain. When rained on, or when I've washed the F, the rain still mostly sits on that ledge, and doesn't drain.. And the toilet seat hubcap drain tube just adds to the water dump there - an issue not found on Gs since they don't have the Flight Sweep deck lid. I've never heard a clear response whether the F drain tubes were a late production attempt to fix this problem. I'm guessing corrosion was not an issue during the 1960 production run, but would have arisen later.

You may recall a couple emails I circulated several years ago about the notches in my car. When I was having my trunk area around the weatherstripping 'cleaned-up,' I argued with my then body shop guy, who insisted these notches had to be factory, because they were so precisely done. So I gave in to him, and the notches are still on my car. Gil did later confirm that no Fs, or other 1960 Chryslers, left the factory with notches like mine.

Noel

On May 1, 2018 at 8:00 PM "Mick Kreszock kreszockcm@xxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

So the sheet metal to fix the problems with the F trunk opening lip are on the way.  Since this will require plasm cutting, spot welding, body filler, paint, etc.   Would it be wise to fabricate drain holes so this problem doesn't reoccur?  I understand that was the factory fix for the problem.  Did drain holes in the G remedy the rusting issues?

Anybody got photos of the G drain hole locations?

 

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