Cars that don't rust?
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A friend of mine run a bodyshop. He had a otherwise sound mechanical W124 230E with quite a bit of rust, which he decided to tear down to molecules as a "fun experiment" ( doesnt cost him anything as he actually owns the shop).
It ended up looking like new and with the proper coating etc to protect. HOWEVER, within 2-3 years it came back bubbling up underneath the paint. Granted this car was used around the year, but still, there is a lesson to be learnt here.
Unless you actually SWAP the panels for new ones, the rust comes back way faster on previously rusted parts...
Morale of the story: Find a untainted car in the first place, any cars with previous rust it will come back again and again and again
It ended up looking like new and with the proper coating etc to protect. HOWEVER, within 2-3 years it came back bubbling up underneath the paint. Granted this car was used around the year, but still, there is a lesson to be learnt here.
Unless you actually SWAP the panels for new ones, the rust comes back way faster on previously rusted parts...
Morale of the story: Find a untainted car in the first place, any cars with previous rust it will come back again and again and again
GC8 said:
Properly cared for and not crashed/repaired 944s took twenty years to rust. When they were ten years old they still looked like new.
Its probably unfair to liken them to Ford Pumas which were starting to bubble around the arches at between five and ten years old (at ten some had been scrapped!).
True, although I was meaning if you where looking to buy either today, then rust would be a major thing you'd want to check for on either.Its probably unfair to liken them to Ford Pumas which were starting to bubble around the arches at between five and ten years old (at ten some had been scrapped!).
Watchman said:
My Scooby is pretty rust free. The panels are largely aluminium, as is much of the suspension, the engine block, the gearbox casing. It's done 105K miles and is 7 years old with no rust other than surface rust on the inside of the SS exhaust and on the cast diff casing.
lol not sure something as young as 7 years old really counts though give it another 20 then let us know 300bhp/ton said:
Watchman said:
My Scooby is pretty rust free. The panels are largely aluminium, as is much of the suspension, the engine block, the gearbox casing. It's done 105K miles and is 7 years old with no rust other than surface rust on the inside of the SS exhaust and on the cast diff casing.
lol not sure something as young as 7 years old really counts though give it another 20 then let us know Of course, the real genius to stop a car from rusting is to do what Lancia did and build them out of iron oxide in the first instance.
C.A.R. said:
Peugeot 306. Not a bit of rust (bar the odd fixture/fitting bolt in the engine bay)
This. I don't know what they're made of but it appears to be some kind of advanced alien technology compared to BMWs, Mercedes, and Fords of the era. Same goes for 205s and 206s as well actually.CYMR0 said:
C.A.R. said:
Peugeot 306. Not a bit of rust (bar the odd fixture/fitting bolt in the engine bay)
This. I don't know what they're made of but it appears to be some kind of advanced alien technology compared to BMWs, Mercedes, and Fords of the era. Same goes for 205s and 206s as well actually.CYMR0 said:
This. I don't know what they're made of but it appears to be some kind of advanced alien technology compared to BMWs, Mercedes, and Fords of the era. Same goes for 205s and 206s as well actually.
Zinc phorescent paint-primer process I do have some surface rust appearing on one of my 205's sills but nothing as bad as fords and vauxhalls of the same era
300, go over to Retro Rides into the Readers Rides section and the guys in there have a whole different concept of rusty, it astounds me what can be salvaged by a suitably determined nutcase with an angle grinder and a Mig welder. sometimes it is just a case of bolting stuff on and off. Our Fiat 500 failed the MOT so me and a mate set to and it had a new sill and front floorpan in a day or so
It is only a losing battle if you let it, some cars are worse than others, my 944 has a few small spots but I have the mindset to just sort it, not that it is so bad anyway, I had a look in the sills with an endo cam and its just grey paint in there which wa a relief as some look like the Titanic (now, not 100 years ago) in there.
It is only a losing battle if you let it, some cars are worse than others, my 944 has a few small spots but I have the mindset to just sort it, not that it is so bad anyway, I had a look in the sills with an endo cam and its just grey paint in there which wa a relief as some look like the Titanic (now, not 100 years ago) in there.
Model T fords!
This is part of a bonnet off a 1920 ford T, its only thin steal and its spent most of its 92 years outside.
Im guessing the paint started to flake off after about 20-30 years, so parts have been bare metal and open to the elements for 60 years.
And it still only has surface rust, a quick oat blast and its good to paint.
This is part of a bonnet off a 1920 ford T, its only thin steal and its spent most of its 92 years outside.
Im guessing the paint started to flake off after about 20-30 years, so parts have been bare metal and open to the elements for 60 years.
And it still only has surface rust, a quick oat blast and its good to paint.
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