{"id":3223,"date":"2012-06-05T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:15:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:15:38","slug":"restoring-a-pair-of-series-1-e-type-inner-valances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2012\/06\/restoring-a-pair-of-series-1-e-type-inner-valances\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring a pair of Series 1 E-Type Inner Valances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next, we blasted the inner valances and gave them some much needed TLC.<\/p>\n

One unfortunate feature of these, as well as the rest of this bonnet, was extremely heavy surface rust on the inner surface – mostly inside the wheel wells.\u00a0 Luckily, while the pitting was VERY deep, there were only one or two minor areas where the pits broke through, even after blasting.\u00a0 So while the pieces are generally straight, they are badly pitted inside.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, though, the pitting is all inside the wheel wells, so a good coat of a modern gravel guard or black undercoating should hide the pits nicely.\u00a0 Anywhere outside of the wheel wells will need to be smoothed with glaze and sanded – a time consuming task – especially on the inside of a bonnet where there are alot of strangely shaped panels…<\/p>\n