Bringing Chamonix to the Arizona mountains - making it mine and fixing the little things

[JMinPDX]

Inside of my front fenders looked a lot like yours. Surface rust, no rust through. I used Fluid Film kit a purchased on Amazon.
Leaves a greasy coating that will last. I applied mine two years ago and it’s still greasy to the touch.
This kit includes a 19” tube with nozzle that helps reach in side the “triangle”.

Fluid Film 11.75 Oz Undercoating Protection Aerosol Spray Can Black 3 Pack, Rust Inhibitor and Prevention, Anti Corrosion Multi Purpose Penetrant and Lubricant, Extension Wand https://a.co/d/9WbnEeh

 

[Stan]

Nope… looks pretty good. If you wish you can spray some waxoil up there with a wand. But as our cars stay pretty clean and dry these days… subjective.

The engine bay I would treat with some Ospho. Very gently.

I’m a fan of the waxoil. You never know if you will be caught in a rainstorm

 

[Minivansomeren]

Yeah I ended up getting more cans of both the Eastwood rust converting paint as well as some waxoil stuff, all with spray wands. I’m gonna spray the paint first, then follow up with the waxoil and then forget about it while I enjoy the coupe!

One other small update: this is my first carb car and I was reading about vapor lock. Seems it’s more of an issue in heat (bad for AZ, especially after I get AC working), elevation (lower boiling point, bad for my home at 7000’), and bad for cars with a “puller” fuel pump in the engine bay (lower fuel line pressures). I read that one easy preventative move is to heat shield the fuel lines.

It seems my car has had the mechanical fuel pump replaced with an electric one mounted under the coolant reservoir. Maybe at some point I’ll relocate it closer to the tank but for now I just got a Velcro heat shield. I anchored it with a hose clamp where the line comes through from the wheel well. It’s not the prettiest install but I think it will be effective, and maybe I can clean it up some time when I have some hoses out of the way:

 

[eriknetherlands]

I like that idea! How did you get the 3 liters in there? Mine is an early coupe and doesn’t have the plugs on the inside rocker under the carpet. So I’m left with the little holes on the outside. I can get a spray wand in there but the spray bottles are expensive…

I thought they all had the white plugs on the inside of the sill. I learned something!

The sill has a few other larger openings that are somewhat accessible :

A pillar lower. behind the kick panel. If you chuck it in there, it'll fill the forward
B-pillar, behind the trim panel. at the bottom is a 5*3 inch triangle shaped hole. it drains in between the C-pillar block and intermediate sill, and then continues to seep down into the seam of the outer and most inner (vertical) sill.
in between the B and C-pillar there is access to the outer skin, if you chuck it in there, it will seep down into the lowest seam (outer skin to inner sill)
C-pillar, just in front of the Wheelarch there is an 1x3 cm rectangular opening; that leads to the inner sill to middle sill seam.

Here's a pic showing how the internals of the sill look like.
Left in the image is the A-pillar, and the reinforcement (fresh grey Walloth repair panel)
ZigZag part with holes is the intermediate, or middle sill.
Right of the image shows the B pillar reinforcement and how it's supported by the intermediate sill.

 

[HB Chris]

I had no issues with my Zenith carbs last July of 2024 when it was 95-100 degrees in Arizona and New Mexico (at 7,000’) on our CCCA drive with Dirk and friends. The Webers are more prone to heat soak and fuel bowl evaporation however.