Hi Ron,
If your friend ever drove on the beach while he was in Florida that would
be enough to rust the car from the fenders to the roof.
I used to live in Jax beach and just being exposed to the salty breeze off
the ocean was enough to rot a car out in a couple of years. It is even
worse than salt on the roads in winter ;-)
Jim
KB4IVH
MVPA #17216
At 17:05 04/14/2001 -0400, Ron wrote:
>An old (82 and still going strong ) farmer I know rustproofs all his
>vehicles each fall with all his old drain oil. He uses a typical 2 1/2
>gallon pump sprayer with a 20 inch or so wand. Frame rails, behind panels,
>inside doors and lets it drip for a day or so. Gets 2 pickups or 1 and 1/2
>rack trucks per gallon or so. His youngest purchase is a 76 Nova and the
>oldest vehicle is a 52 Ford rack body. The tractors go back to late 30's.
>Only the Nova got rot 2 years ago on the top of the front fenders, probably
>from condensation since he used it to go to Florida for 4 winters back about
>7 years ago. Was the steel better in the older days, probably.
>Environmentally sound method, not really, but it works.
> For the way the "Pros" do it, Chuck at Olive-drab has posted the
>Military TM on rustproofing and batteries and other items of common interest
>at
> http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_technical_reference.php3
>
> if you are interested .
> Ron
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Miller" <dmiller@dampsets.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 1:05 PM
>Subject: [MV] Rust question
>
>
> > Hi all!
> > I've got a question for the "rust professionals" on the list.
>
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