Does anyone have a picture of an unrestored or properly restored wheel well showing extent of sound deadener? I understand it was applied before body color; did body color cover all the deadener or was it just overspray?
Can't at the moment post pictures of originals but as Bob suggested check the unrestored picture section and maybe do a search for the possibility of it being posted earlier.
To your question did the body color cover all the deadener the vast majority was covered with direct paint application as the painter painted the wheel lip and as the fully flowing spray gun passed over the openingas he went back and forth painting the quarter panel Over spray would travel often fully across the bottom of the rear floor pan (over the rear end housing area) and thin as it traveled for and aft. SInce the sound deadener was applied from below and the paint from the sides mostly you can normally find a small section of sound deadener applied to the section of floor between the exterior side of the rear frame rail and the pinch weld at the floor to wheel housing lip. Like where the outer seat belt anchor is located. Because of the lip a paint shadow was produced eliminating the direct and very little to no overspray in these sections
Please remember that the sound deadener did not magically stop at the bottom edge of the wheel housing but extended to the frame rail. Also it did not extend all the way (at the top or either end) to the wheel well/house to quarter panel lip
