discouraged in florida. sort of long.

[andrew <grasping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Here's a question for the older, wiser, more experienced heads on this 
list. I love my '62 dart 440, no ifs ands or buts. Her name's Ramona. I 
got back to florida this summer planning to roll up my sleeves and give 
her the total body overhaul she desperately needs.

BUT. Because of the rust/corrosion, even a comparably simple operation 
like removing a front fender to sandblast becomes complicated--bolts are 
frozen, breaking off, and--the worst--in some cases the rust has 
disfigured the fittings to the point where, rather than the bolts 
unscrewing, the fitting breaks free of its weld and the bolts just turn. 
There's major rust-through on the following areas--front of the floor 
pan, passenger side front quarter panel, passenger side rear quarter 
panel, and there's almost nothing left of the trunk floor at all, just a 
big, gaping, jagged hole. Alarmingly, the fuel and brake lines, which i 
installed less than a year ago and which are treated steel, have aready 
begun to show signs of oxodizing.

She also has mechanical problems in the transmission (stuck in 1st gear 
and leaking), the differential/driveshaft is oxodized--basically the 
only thing that's holding up the way it should be is the 318 engine, 
which I worked on last summer hoping to get the car out to New Mexico 
and a drier, more steel-friendly climate and finish the job at my 
leisure. That's proven impossible.

My question is basically this--when do problems piling on top of 
problems become too much? based on my description, is she salvageable or 
should i start parting her out while the body's in at least a partial 
state of disassembly and before she's a pile of brown dust? I would 
appreciate the benefit of you guys' experience & candid responses.

thanks,
andy.

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