Undercoating, Original Six Really Messy Options

[jrrobertson]

In a previous post I showed some of the undercoating that I removed from my 71 original six. The patch that was removed and shown in that post was in an area that the undercoating was applied fairly evenly. I wanted to show other areas that it was very poorly applied but did not know how to add pictures to that post, so I am putting them in this one. Anyone seen undercoating applied this poorly on a 914?

[bkrantz]

After the company Oktoberfest?

[SirAndy]

That does not look like factory undercoating to me. Maybe the dealer sprayed that on?
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[technicalninja]

My 75 never had it...

The wheel well paint is almost perfect. Even has remnants of the brown cosmoline like substance/wax that Porsche did use.

I'm of the opinion that any undercoating in the wheel wells was applied by the dealer versus the factory.

It does have a very light body Schultz on the lowest surfaces/pan.
That stuff looks like it is under the paint.

[rick 918-S]

My 6 has roughly applied rubberized under body Schultz over the factory primer then it was painted. Juergen's 6 was the same.

[914Sixer]

I have seen pictures of 911's being undercoated with a gallon bucket and a wide brush. Since -6 were assembled there I am guessing they used the same procedure. Slopping it on was normal.

[burton73]

Here is a shot of my 6 down production line Dec 1969 so yea, an early real 6
The undercoat from factory was tan on my car and very thick all over

Best Bob B

[burton73]

Hold on, one more showing my right rocker on a non rusty South California car

Best Bob B

[doug_b_928]

Schutz was an option on the 4s. See this thread for the option code and an example showing it was original: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...51248&st=20 On my car it was applied quite evenly with a Schutz gun over bare metal and then painted. A local 914 guru has owned many Canadian delivered 914s and I recall him saying that all of them had a factory undercoating.

[brant]

I’ve only seen black under coating or more commonly painted body color undercoating


Never grey
But supposed a dealer could have shot grey
Or a body shop

Don’t think the manufacturer ever used grey

[burton73]

I’ve only seen black under coating or more commonly painted body color undercoating


Never grey
But supposed a dealer could have shot grey
Or a body shop

Don’t think the manufacturer ever used grey

My car was for sure tan in color. I sanded right into the stuff. Somewhat rubberised

Best Bob B

[jrrobertson]

Here is a shot of my 6 down production line Dec 1969 so yea, an early real 6
The undercoat from factory was tan on my car and very thick all over

Best Bob B

Thank you for the picture. That is exactly what my six undercoating looks like. I scraped a section of it down to bare metal. What I found was this thick tan undercoating than primer than bare metal. Definitely original six undercoating.