rusted cars

[furyfrank]

I live in Phx,Az and when I read some of the adds in cars sale it amazes me how many are so rusted would they be worth restoring, when you can look out west and find a clean body and even with shipping be ahead of the game. I use to live in Ohio so I know how bad rust can get. I guess we are spoiled out here, it is nice when you can go under a car and remove things without a torch.:sideways tongue:

 

[snakeyes]

some times I think we from the rust belt believe we have the rod of ressurection:headbang::headbang::headbang:

 

[Budnicks]

I live in Phx,Az and when I read some of the adds in cars sale it amazes me how many are so rusted would they be worth restoring, when you can look out west and find a clean body and even with shipping be ahead of the game. I use to live in Ohio so I know how bad rust can get. I guess we are spoiled out here, it is nice when you can go under a car and remove things without a torch.:sideways tongue:

Amen; fellow west coast or southwest Mopar brother :headbang:

 

[MoparBill]

Maybe some of us like the challenge... Being from the Buffalo area, rust is all we know.

 

[Budnicks]

I feel for you guys... Believe me I have dealt with my share of RUST too, people leaving cars outside their whole life, in the snow, buy the coast or under pine trees are really bad too, I just prefer to start with a less rusty car, if you know what I meen, we do have a few more "somewhat" more rust free cars out here, Thank God...

 

[snakeyes]

:eusa_think: :headbang:

 

[furyfrank]

The biggest thing is when I hear someone complain about the cost of shipping but never figure out the time and money spent with a rusted car, unless it is a super rare car.:sideways tongue: And when you get done how much of the original car is left ?

 

[Red63440]

I realized just how nice it is to work on a car form out west when I bought my 63 440 that had spent just about its whole life in Texas. I took the bumpers off with a box wrench and no spray not to mention that it had all the original sheet metal....

 

[zyzzyx]

Rust Free

I bought a 69 RR from Valencia Ca. back in 1980. Brought it back to Illinois and painted it and sold it for a 200% profit. (wish i still had it!) When i crawled under the car in the guy's driveway, I wiped the paint clean underneath with my dry finger! Anyone who wants to ressurect a "Rust Belt" car rather than buy one from out west has lots more money and energy than I do. I read alot of stories about replacing floor pans and trunk pans and my stomach turns. I have alot of respect for all of the hard work you guys do, but that's not for me. I'll pay more for an "out west" car because it's worth it! I guess I'm just lazy.

 

[bigredbird]

I read alot of stories about replacing floor pans and trunk pans and my stomach turns. I have alot of respect for all of the hard work you guys do, but that's not for me.

And then there are the shadetree-mechanic guys who patch floors with "hillbilly sheet metal" -- i.e. stolen traffic signs. I found three of them under the DS carpet in my car, glued in place with Liquid Nails, which is water-based and causes even more rust. :icon_rolleyes:

A real Rock Auto quarter-floor replacement got done real quick after that discovery, though. The guys at the shop kept the street signs to hang on their lobby wall and have a good laugh with new customers.

 

[Ron 73]

I live in Phx,Az and when I read some of the adds in cars sale it amazes me how many are so rusted would they be worth restoring, when you can look out west and find a clean body and even with shipping be ahead of the game. I use to live in Ohio so I know how bad rust can get. I guess we are spoiled out here, it is nice when you can go under a car and remove things without a torch.:sideways tongue:

You sir are telling the honest truth, Hard to find a car around this area in decent shape.. My car came from Virgina but it it would have been from hear with 76,000 miles on it, lol, i cant imagine what it would have been.. Im in Pa and we aren't far from the same rust issues, Pa i don't think uses quite as much salt on the roads as Ohio does.. But im close enough to Ohio i can spit in it, actually it runs thru our property, we have a state boundary concrete marker on our place if you ever seen one of them.. How long did it take where you live now to realize the difference in the shape of cars there next to the way it is hear?

 

[Ron 73]

Agreed

And then there are the shadetree-mechanic guys who patch floors with "hillbilly sheet metal" -- i.e. stolen traffic signs. I found three of them under the DS carpet in my car, glued in place with Liquid Nails, which is water-based and causes even more rust. :icon_rolleyes:

A real Rock Auto quarter-floor replacement got done real quick after that discovery, though. The guys at the shop kept the street signs to hang on their lobby wall and have a good laugh with new customers.

I bought a Chevy hear once and couldn't believe how many old license plates were pop riveted in it.. No joke, even a crushed up can of coke, spray foam insulation! Shade tree body man work? Ya think.:angryfire: I had a guy come ask me once to spray his Mazda truck when he finished his body work, I wouldn't do it and told him when you sell this i wouldn't even want my name mentioned having anything to do with newspaper covering big holes and covered over with bondo.. Its amazing what some will do, and he wasn't doing this for himself he was going to sell it to the first one that came around...

 

[bigmanjbmopar]

I hear it all the time, we out west complain about nothing compared to the rust belt cars, they say you come to expect having to replace quarters and such it's an automatic out there. Guess we are spoiled here in the west low humidity

I don't think I could afford or stomach a repair of the magnitudes some of you guys deal with. More power to you!

 

[MoparBill]

Everyone is different. Winters are tough in Western NY; salt is a fact we have to deal with. I grew up driving a Cordoba or Volare all winter with a 'project' in the garage all winter. That's what a lot of car guys here do- buy a car that needs work at the end of summer and spend the winter resurrecting it. I am a sheetmetal fabricator/welder by trade so floorpans or trunkpans don't scare me. I do however avoid cars that need framerails; you have to draw the line somewhere.

 

[detmatt1]

I like them rusty, a challenge is a good thing!

 

[wannadrag]

I like them rusty, a challenge is a good thing!

X2

 

[MoparBill]

X3 someone has to save the rusty ones!

 

[69redrunner]

I realized just how nice it is to work on a car form out west when I bought my 63 440 that had spent just about its whole life in Texas. I took the bumpers off with a box wrench and no spray not to mention that it had all the original sheet metal....

I brought an 87 Buick Regal up from Texas as a ruuning parts car for a Grand National I was working on a few years ago. Took most of the car apart with a 1/4 inch drive ratchet set!! TRUE STORY.

Best part ... $1500 for the car, about $200 for gas round trip, took the parts I needed, parted out the rest on ebay and CL for over $3K.

 

[wannadrag]

I brought an 87 Buick Regal up from Texas as a ruuning parts car for a Grand National I was working on a few years ago. Took most of the car apart with a 1/4 inch drive ratchet set!! TRUE STORY.

Best part ... $1500 for the car, about $200 for gas round trip, took the parts I needed, parted out the rest on ebay and CL for over $3K.

Those Texas cars can also be on the other end of the spectrum as well.Restored a SS350 Nova from there and it looked solid until i started stripping paint and was rusting from the inside out.

 

[furyfrank]

Those Texas cars can also be on the other end of the spectrum as well.Restored a SS350 Nova from there and it looked solid until i started stripping paint and was rusting from the inside out.

Depends where in Texas it is from if you go to the coast you have the salt from the ocean but if you go inland you do not have that problem.