You've probably heard of those notoriously rusted cars from the salted
roads in the northeast. It's got to be the humidity or something it really
takes its toll on our stuff back here. And I live in the southeast so its
not the winter salt.
JB
At 11:27 AM 3/12/99 EST, V4GR@aol.com wrote:
>I paint my (cheap) auto parts store brake line tubing red for fire lines. I
>don't know what goes on back east, but I have never had brake lines rust thru
>on my daily driver, and have only replaced one fire bottle line in 20 years
>because of rust. Couldn't see it but found it when blowing air through to
>check for obstructions. I towed to salt
>with
>77 Ford for 15 of those years, washed the heck out of underside, and topside
>when I got home, and truck still looked cherry. Sold it when I realized bed
>crossmember no longer existed, and it was starting to look like a dump truck
>dumping. Still 15 years is not bad, and the guy I sold it to only came back 4
>or 5 times and gave up completely after 6 months or so. Rich Fox
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