Absolutely! IN "63 my "58 Fury had rust in the eyebrows and rockers, and my
Savoy sedan had that and rusty floors to boot! My 58 Suburban (3 on the
tree and duce quads) had no rust but it was "imported" from southern New
Jersey.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:40
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] car lifespans
> Now THAT is some serious speed rusting !
Actually, that's quite believable. I lived in Syracuse in the mid-70s.
Because they got tons of lake-effect snow, roads were salted like mad from Oct
to April. You would see cars that were less than 5 years old with
serious rust. Many folks put the good car away and drove a 'winter rat'
during the snowy months.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:19
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] car
lifespans
My 58 Fireflite convertible started life in
Syracuse, NY. Evidence shows that it changed hands in 1960 and
moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where it died in 1968 of terminal rust failure
and got stuffed in a garage and forgotten. The second owner that took
it to Madison was a professor at Syracuse, and transferred to the U of
W.
When I tore the car apart to restore it a
second time (as if you could call the first time anything but a patch job),
we discovered the lower quarters, fender caps and bottom skins had all
been replaced. This would have occured PRIOR to it being sold to the
second owner in 1960, as he stated the car never had any work like that done
on it while in his care. Now THAT is some serious speed rusting !
Most of the FL cars that made it out to Seattle suffered from
the perpetual rain we got there, even without the salted roads. I live
in the desert now, and the sheetmetal fared as well as baremetal would in
the desert. I find FL cars from time to time. The dust gets in
them here and settles to the lower body areas. Then, when the rains do
come, the cars have mud pies drying out in their lower bodies for weeks or
months after. It isn't like the salt cars, but even the dry cars
suffered from lack of build quality.
Brent
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