How do get rid of that rubberized crap they put on the inside of these old cars Sent from my moto z4 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Good Luck! There is no easy way. When I peeled the undercoating off the bottom of my Merc Wagon when I restored it, it took a combination of the acytelene torch in one hand and a putty knife in the other. Heat it up, scrape it off with the putty knife. Final clean up was done with a 4.5 in angle grinder with a knotted wire cup brush.
When I was a youngster, I stripped the undercoating off the bottom side of my ol Dodge Dart. I used my cutting torch turned down pretty low, hold back off of the surface and heat a small area by keeping the torch moving. Then when you could tell it was getting hot, I’d hit the lever and basically it would just blow it off in chunks all the way down to the metal. Yes it was probably dangerous and I know it was painful when a piece would land on you, but as I said, I was a youngster.
What Chavezk21 said...and then after you've done this, give it a wipe with some lacquer thinner. If moisture did not get behind the coating, the metal looks like the day it came down the assembly line.
On a British fix-'em-up car show they filled the floor area with dry ice. Freeeeezing. Then hit the floor with a hammer and it all sprung loose. This was on a early 1970s car so the covering might be different to a 1940s car.
This stuff is like parking lot tar, but some heat and a putty knife gets it close enough Sent from my moto z4 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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