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![]() 10/22/2017 at 18:22 |
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This is good maths.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 18:27 |
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I haz maths and sammich
![]() 10/22/2017 at 18:33 |
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I’m thinking drive Rusty around the block by Thanksgiving. I think it’s doable. The shifter works now; brakes are next, and if the bulk of the electrical system is intact, which it appears to be, I may even have brake lights. Who knows: a brief romp up the freeway?
You’ve commented a couple of times about how those vans are missing the bottom 12 inches due to rust in your neck of the woods. I can say with certainty that apart from that, mine is not the most robust vehicle I have ever seen.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 19:38 |
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Then all is well!
![]() 10/22/2017 at 19:44 |
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That’s a good goal. I’m sure you can make that happen.
There’s really not much too those vans. They’re just a thin metal box. I learned quite recently that they’re unibody, which really shocking to me. It’s no surprise that they evaporated in the salt. I really don’t see many of that body style anymore. Even their replacements are becoming a common rusty sight. Although not as bad as the old ones were in their day.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 20:08 |
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Oppo reminds me of how gross rust is and how lucky I am to be living out west, at least from a rusty car point of view. So destructive, rust.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 23:19 |
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Yes it is. It breaks my heart that the rockers are starting to get soft on my truck.
![]() 10/22/2017 at 23:41 |
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I lived in Germany for the last four years of the 80s and all of the cars were unibody and you had to weld the rust holes. You could buy a rocker panel and weld it right over top of the existing and then it would pass inspection. There was a rigorous national inspection that cars had to pass, but the junkers that the Army guys drove got it much easier.
![]() 10/23/2017 at 06:53 |
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I’m hearing mixed messages about the long term effectiveness of such repairs. I’m not sure what I’m going to do.
![]() 10/23/2017 at 07:51 |
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Hides the rust, maybe buys you a year or two. I’d imagine the original cancer continues to grow behind the new panel, which is probably made of pot metal to begin with.
![]() 10/23/2017 at 09:15 |
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Yeah, pretty much.