Preservation Project - Green Machine - Page 6

**Bill Pritchard** · #51 11-05-2015, 02:40 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Here you will see carboard type paper under the driver side seal plate but the passenger side had nothing.</span>

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Darrell,

My low mileage 69 Chevelle convertible had the same heavy paper under the drivers side sill plate when I bought it 13+ years ago. I believe it is the remnant of the carpet protection paper that the factory installed for shipment to the dealer. During dealer prep, rather than remove the sill plate and the entire piece of paper, the technician would just rip the exposed paper away, using the edge of the sill plate as a 'cutting edge', and so the unexposed portion remained under the sill plate. That's my theory and I'm stickin' to it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

**markinnaples** · #52 12-11-2015, 04:22 PM

Congrats on the coverage of your car, it's beautiful and deserves it. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

**Ryan1969Chevelle** · #53 01-23-2016, 10:55 PM

This car is a gem!!!

I love that you can clean it piece by piece and it looks new again!!!

Ryan

**mockingbird812** · #54 01-24-2016, 06:49 PM

Thanks for the tip Darrell. Looking good!

**njsteve** · #55 01-25-2016, 12:12 AM

Just make sure you get all the grease and oil off that you can. It really helps the process to have an oil free surface to work on.

**69L78** · #56 01-25-2016, 08:11 AM

Darell, I buy my evapo-rust from my local advance auto with 20% off. If you sign up for email, you can buy online with the discount and pickup in store @ $18 a gallon.

**njsteve** · #57 01-25-2016, 11:48 AM

I did a similar thing last time. I used the online coupons and made separate purchases of the gallon jugs because most stores only carry one or two jugs. I think it was 40% off coupon at the time for each sale? Just google "advance auto coupon". It usually gives you a link to the "retailmenot" site and find the highest $ or precentage coupon they have. Usually it's a 30% off or a $25 off a $75 purchase. Once in a while you'll see a $40 off an $80 purchase.

**markinnaples** · #58 01-25-2016, 01:59 PM

I need to try some Evapo rust. I have an old Mongoose BMX frame that I am restoring and it's a little rusty (surface rust) so I'm hoping that works to clean it up.

**njsteve** · #59 01-25-2016, 08:35 PM

It works wonders. This was the crankshaft I bought used for my 455. Before and after:

**markinnaples** · #60 01-25-2016, 08:45 PM

Wow, looks great. Did you spray it will anything afterwards to stop the rust from coming back?

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