In a message dated 8/14/04 5:50:26 PM, owner-healeys-digest@autox.team.net
writes:
>
> Yeah, Robert's right, Oh yeah, and for concours, that guck (technical term)
> would cover up all of the attractive bits under there, heat shields, washers
> spacers, fuel line, clips and clamps and wiring harness.... You wouldn't
> want
> YOUR underneath bits covered with tar, would you????
>
To give you an idea of how seriously Concours resists undercoating: the
policy is that every part with undercoating that prevents getting an idea of
its
condition and correctness is scored as zero for both condition and correctness.
Net result is that it is impossible to get a concours rating above bronze with
a car that is otherwise perfect.
This is for all the reasons listed above. Can hasten deterioration, difficult
to correct, and has very negative effect on resale value.
Check out the new British Cars Forum:
http://www.team.net/the-local/tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=8
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