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Reply to "Mangusta Engine Removal and Rebuild"

Mike,

I learned long ago that I can't comment about "what something should be" in terms of stock paint and where, as my car had been "touched" in so many ways (see many of my old posts!) that it's not safe to use it as a gospel!

I do remember paint in the rain channels of the spine piece, and if the hinges are welded in place on the spine, they then probably were painted from the top..... from the bottom........I'll defer to others that may have a more original car than mine!!

I don't recall seeing any insulation materials between the hinges and the hatch covers......and my car was very free of hatch corrosion "that I could see".... so am thinking that the hatch steel frames were essentially grounded to the chassis via the hinges.    Any corrosion resistant treating would be between the aluminum skins and the hatchs' steel frameworks...??

Any chemical engineers out there looked under their skins? 

Cheers!
Steve

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