Well I never expected to find this on a 33yr old car

 
In the process of removing the door cards and inner boot panels this evening so I can waxoil from the inside out and when I took the doorcards off I found this



33yrs old and all 4 still present, managed to get them all off in one piece so can hopefully put them back in their rightful place afterwards

I have a slight blemish on the drivers door



And this is how a little blemish looks from the inside



Hopefully a good dousing of the black stuff will stop it in its tracks

Actually that's a good example of when cars are "restored" .  If the other side isn't treated, and sometimes the other side cannot be got at, the car is rusting away unseen. That's why in my opinion a restored car is never going to be as good as an un restored one…

Do you think this is a previous repair abfmk1

Yeah, don't know why but some ones had a go with their mig welder

I did wonder if it was from when a body shop welds a rod to pull the panel back out, cuts it off and grinds it back before smoothing and spraying.

The car hadnt been restored before I got hold of it and I cant find any differences in paint shade in any light

But even so its nice to see the door membranes in place

Youre right ,, don't see them too often on 33 year old cars..

Yep it is a rare thing,  I have seen them in wrecking yards on Cars that I am salvaging parts from.  Usually the Speaker pods and pockets.

Saw them on a 84 Cabby I was swapping the roof on, needed some window adjustments… Sad thing was it was a Champagne Edition they Painted  (University of Georgia Red) close to Mars red. And it wasn't a total repaint…. Engine/Trunk were still Champagne… Door bottoms as well, but they got the edges and sills.