Inmate Central Inmate Central, where civil and family-friendly discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome. |
|
In Reply to: RE: Wet weather was enough to destroy a car back then. posted by Quadzilla on April 19, 2021 at 13:59:39:
His was a regular coupe not a hatch. Not Ziebarted either. The holes in the quarter panels were almost big enough to shove a sheep through.
Mine held up much better, probably because of the Ziebart, but the extreme tuck-under of the body sides that was in fashion then meant lots of stone chips on the doors, rockers, quarters. Fighting surface rust in those areas was a constant battle.
Road crews back then, in the Pittsburgh area at least, only had rock salt on hand and didn't use it when the temps dropped below 20 degrees. They'd switch to ash, which caused different problems than salt.
The ash--and road dirt in general--built up inside of frame rails and along the lips around wheel openings. If you didn't hose that stuff out, and nobody ever did, it would kill the car just as sure as salt would.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- Buddy of mine also has a '71 Pinto. - ghost of olddude55 14:29:22 04/19/21 (4)
- RE: Buddy of mine also has a '71 Pinto. - Quadzilla 14:37:03 04/19/21 (3)
- Nobody did corrosion resistance until the late '70s. - ghost of olddude55 14:43:36 04/19/21 (2)
- RE: Nobody did corrosion resistance until the late '70s. - Quadzilla 14:47:55 04/19/21 (1)
- RE: Nobody did corrosion resistance until the late '70s. - orthophonic 15:34:26 04/19/21 (0)