Weight Reduction!

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 01/19/2018 at 19:36 • Filed to: SALT LIFE

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Went to look into why the exhaust on the crown vic has gotten exponentially louder in the past couple days (the ball flange at the manifold/cat joint is inexplicably floppy-loose, fix TBD) and was greeted by some pinch weld hanging down. A quick poke and out it came.

Yes that’s a 15-inch ruler and 16 inches of pinch weld.

In case anyone was curious “just how rusty is his crown vic which he declares to have terminal rot?” - this is how rusty it is. The rockers don’t exist anymore and the pinch weld is falling off. The door sills are rusting through and I can get a finger through all four wheel wells.

Frame’s solid, though!

This is why I’m buying another car this spring.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > MM54 01/20/2018 at 01:26

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I see no issues there

Echo51 > MM54 01/20/2018 at 05:23

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This is normal for a ford. If i go above 70mph in rain it rains in the car from under the windshield. But somehow my entire battery tray area is still intact, despite being the most rust-prone place on the Escort’s, oh well....

MM54 > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/20/2018 at 09:22

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Living up to your username!

MM54 > Echo51 01/20/2018 at 09:23

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I think this is normal for just about any car which has spent 16 years being driven in the salt!

Echo51 > MM54 01/20/2018 at 11:00

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Without a good undercoating and being taken care of before it goes this bad, yeah it will.

MM54 > Echo51 01/20/2018 at 11:18

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A decade of police service to start a car’s life does it no favors

Echo51 > MM54 01/20/2018 at 12:33

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See: Taken care of-part of my above comment :P