They may help, but I wouldn't consider having one as having permission to
drive in heavily salted areas.
1) Don't go out when it's salty
2) ALWAYS hit up a car wash and make sure to get under the car, as soon as
the temperature will be above freezing long enough for you to drive (don't
wash on bitterly cold or freezing days).
Rust kills.
- Tab
At 07:08 PM 1/21/00 -0500, Charles D. Sorkin wrote:
>Allen said:
>
> >In LBC news, I have never had a problem driving any of my sports
> >cars in the snow. I don't know if I drive differently in them or if they
> >really are superior in the snow. Anyone else want to share their
> >experience out there?
>
>I actually am resisting the urge to get the Midget out into the snow,
>because all of the local roads have been heavily salted, and I wouldn't want
>the car to dissolve into a pool of rust while I'm driving it.
>
>But I did glance through a copy of the J C Whitney catalog today, and I
>noticed that there is a thick rubber "fender flare" available for small
>trucks that keeps road debris and water from splattering against the wheel
>wells, thus protecting these vulnerable areas. They seem to mount against
>the side of the fender, and not directly against the actual metal, thus
>allowing for moisture to drain. This sounds like a better setup than the
>undercoating panels, and I wondered if anyone knows of a similar product for
>LBCs that would protect the wheel well.
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>'68 Sprite
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
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