Yes, it's a dry black coating , it's hasn't been abraded at all. It was pretty much like that when I bought it in March this year, here's another pic of a chassis member
You can also see a badly rusted exhaust bracket, which I
I'm de-rusting and painting with Hammerite.
I'm a bit worried that I'll be left with a pile of rust next spring, there can't be many 5 year old cars which need drastic rust treatment.
