In my limited experience from having owned two 1962 tricarbs I have
found that the riveted aluminum lip and aluminum boot section to be
fine. The steel floor pans, however, were rusted though in both cars
at the bolts for the coachman's staple and for the gas tank strap
attachments. These were California cars so location might make a difference.
John
At 02:24 PM 10/17/2010 +0000, you wrote:
>I was going to be pedantic (as usual) and point out that rust IS
>corrosion, but decided not to.
>
>I think John has a good point, at least in my case. When I
>separated the pan and the shroud there was a fairly thick layer of
>iron rust/corrosion on the shroud lip (the lip of the pan was still
>mostly there). But, I cleaned the rust off with a small sander and
>the aluminium underneath was in perfect condition.
>
>bs
>
>--------------------------------
>Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
>
>John, sorry, but I have to disagree. Aluminium (sorry - aluminum) is the
>weakest of the two mating materials and therefore the main problem with this
>joint will be the aluminum which will suffer from electrolytic(galvanic)
>corrosion. A rust film will form on the steel, but it's the aluminum that
>will disappear much faster than the steel. Therefore corrosion is the
>problem, not rust.
>Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
>1964 BJ8 29432
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