Just had to little rust restoration on the rockers under passenger doors only. The body man commented never seen the rear into the rear fender being open. Not sure what he's talking about however I do know when cleaning up the back-up car, getting all that Thumb of Michigan sand and dirty out of the rockers, with the Hvac blower on high, windows closed and normal flow (not re-circulate) air flow exhausts out the rocker drain holes. Tapping bottom of rocker sand and dust blew out of same holes Plus came out around of the rear fender front edge/liner area? The body man has done Fusions and they were not designed like that. He said Bmw's have similar design, making me think Ford of Europe had designed the body. Just curious Terry, this car has been a very interesting learning experience of what goes on in the industry. I've always been one that likes the details of who what where and why and what it takes to develop whatever.
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History question Terry!
Started by rkctdwn, Jun 13 2011 11:37 AM
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Posted 13 June 2011 - 12:43 PM
The plastic covers to the rocker panels are the parts that fill up with mud and crud..I have seen many owners open up the slots and holes so they can drain out as they are not a positive seal over the metal rocker panels.As to air circ, the interior air should exit via the trunk area to the two flapp valves in the side of the trunk and exit behind the plastic rear fender liner..The body engineering of the Contour and Mondeo was carried out in Ford germany...
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