[69vert]

After the last post on these I decided to climb around my 69 and look for this drainage system. I cant seem to find where these drainage holes are and where the water exits the car. I have all of the manuals on the car, but I cant seem to find any information in them.

Bob

[William]

There is (or should be) a plastic gutter surrounding the top well. It should be visible from the trunk. It diverts water to the sides of the body.

[KevinW]

Bob, I have never seen any diagram on how the water flows out. I do know that it is through small holes that were punched or thin gaps puposely left there between some of the lower metal peices.

A lot of times, they have been gunked up or filled with pine needles and other assorted unpleasant things. No wonder they rusted.

I will have to look closer at mine.

Kevin

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69' SS-350 Convert, M20, 3.55 posi. Totally Disassembled & in boxes (I'm working on it!)
69'(Hugger Orange -originally, Burgundy now) Z-21 Convert 327/PG, Driver

[Kyvox]

Dump a gallon of water on the roof, and look to see where it comes out at the bottom.

[KevinW]

Bob, there a two throat lozenge sized holes punched in the rocker panel in the qtr well facing outside, aft and front. There is also a gap where the outer wheel house meets the rocker. If both of those get clogged up, water will sit.
The front cowl area drains from a gap between the pieces at the bottom of the cowl well on eihter side of car. This is what get clogged with leaves and fills up the well and rusts the fender bolt and makes the lower rust hole in that area. Hope this helps

Kevin

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69' SS-350 Convert, M20, 3.55 posi. Totally Disassembled & in boxes (I'm working on it!)
69'(Hugger Orange -originally, Burgundy now) Z-21 Convert 327/PG, Driver

[This message has been edited by KevinW (edited 01-14-2002).]

[69vert]

Thanks for the help. I will scour my car next weekend and look for these holes and try to clear them.

Bob

[Franken122]

Kevin, (or anybody else...)

Any chance you could take a digital pic of the front and back drainage areas to show the holes and either post them or offer to email them???

I'm removing rusted rockers from a 67 convertible, and needless to say the front and back ends were filled w/ rust chips, even the front cowl. Last thing I want to do is zap it all back together and not put drainage in.

Funny you should mention pine needles above. Mine was stuffed in some of the bad rust holes. Even found some kinda mouse nest in the rusted out heater box. It ran great for a few years when I bought it (before I took it down to parade rest), I think the owner before me just had a little permanent hitchhiker living in his garage.

-Jeff

[KevinW]

I will try to take some pics. stay tuned!

[68ragtop]

Pine needles are awful, I've been told they're acidic (although slightly) and add insult to injury

Any one else hear of this??

[KevinW]

Took the pics last night, but had trouble uploading. I will try again tonight.

[KevinW]

Here is the front under the cowl



the forward hole in qtr window well



and the rearward hole and gap between wheel well. Since the qtr and wheel well have been replaced, I'm not sure if the gap is factory.


hope that helps. Kevin

[RickD]

Great pics, Kevin. I'm afraid to look under my car.

However, since my car is at the 'welders' for rust repair, it is an opportunity. How I hate that word.

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Rick Dorion
69 RS Conv,355,M20,4.10's and I don't worry about stone chips.

[G Gagnier]

Gentlemen, I found chevys way of draining the water not only primative but causes rusting out of floor pans. I put some funnels and curled them under the trough and attached hoes exiting my rear wheel wells , this works great Garry

[Steve W]

it would be great to see some pics of the "funnel"