Wow-
Nothing personal, man! Yes, I agree, the car LOOKS good, and it may
turn out that the only rust that's there is the visible rust. If so, it
WOULD be a pretty straightforward fix, if you can find donor sills and
arches and stuff. Not CHEAP, tho, unless you do it yourself!
But in the cars I've looked at and worked on, if you see that much
perforation, there's gonna be a lot more rust you can't see in places
LIKE the rockers- the doorposts, inner sills and fenders and so on.
Places that rust out a year after you've just fixed all the 'problems'.
Maybe it's a coastal car, which tend to rust agressively, but only in
spots. But you won't find that out until you get into it. Like I said,
there are many who can and would save the car, (most of them British!)
But perhaps I'm spoiled- in the NW it's hard to find a clean, complete
car, true, but it's easy to find a cheap shell that's pretty rust-free.
So I guess my advice was, "don't pay too much for this car, as it could
turn out to have a LOT of rust." Maybe not. But it's a gamble for much
over $2000.
And as to the personal comments, that's rude. My girlfriend's been
going thru some rough medical problems, (and YES, has gotten rather
"flabby" and lost most of her hair) so I'm not particularly amused.
I do gather, tho, that you bought the car?
Toby
Rather peeved
Eric Frisbee wrote:
>
> You would scrap out that car body?? Wow... if you did that to every car,
> just for that "minor" rust, these cars would indeed be exceedingly rare
> collectors items!! Maybe you have seen the car in person, but looking at
> the pictures now, I see a car body that is mostly straight... doors and hood
> line up very nicely.. fenders look great... can't see the underside, but can
> imagine that the rear main has been puking over the years providing that so
> essential rust-proofing for the frame. So the car has rusted rockers and
> some up on the rear wheel wells... FIX IT!!! Save the body swaps for the
> cars that REALLY need it... like the ones with rockers gone, door post
> bottoms gone, floorboards rusted through... now THAT is a dead car body!!
>
> I hate to see what you guys do with wifes/girlfriends when they start
> getting a little out of sorts... "Gee dear, you are getting a little
> flabby... gonna do a body swap with that cute little perky blonde over
> there... sorry, out in the trash you go!"
>
> Ah... fan the flames!!
>
> Eric
|