Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

[Lane Anderson]

Am redoing some glass work and am wondering did they come with factory undercoating or is that an addon..also whats the consensus on having it on a restoration car?

Thanks

Lane

[Wayne W.]

Re: Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

To various degrees on the underside of the fender wells.

[Clem Z.]

Re: Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

i knew of owners who had the dealer undercoat their corvette back then to cut down on road noise.

[Ralph E.]

Re: Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

There was an old post about this a while back. One of the comments I seem to remember is someone noted that AO Smith cars usually got less than St Louis cars.
I wish they never used the stuff. It's a pain to remove.

[Robert C.]

Re: Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

Undercoating, except the normal small amount in the wheelwells, was not a factory option. There have been many judged cars in the NCRS with varying amounts of undercoat. A good friend won the "Bowtie" award with his undercoated 1980. These owners usually go to great lenths in removal of the undercoat. The chassis part of judging requires that we be able to see the finish on all items as well as numbers, markings etc. With the undercoat it is almost impossible to judge the chassis corectly. I would NEVER undercoat a Corvette for any reason!

[Dave M.]

Re: Did C2 vettes ever come with undercoating?

If you don't have some degree of undercoating inside the upper half of your fenderwells, rocks thrown from your tires will damage your fiberglass.