This is why so many California cars leave, not just the state, but the country!
No Rust! I know a couple of restoration shops and a couple of car
exporters-most of these 'collectible' cars leave the country entirely after
restoration. (And a great many before restoration!)
Sometimes, it's difficult to find that great old english sportscar on the
market here-cause it's not here! It's in a container!
Another reason why I'd be leary of an MoT law-I would hate to see all the
'Average Joes' squeezed out of the hobby-rather the way the rich and quite well
to do have squeezed the 'Average Joes' out of the ocean facing properties
around here. (Don't even get me started on the California Coastal Comission and
their granting permission to build yet another luxury, $400 a night hotel-this
one on a State beach!!!)
I guess you all have figured out by now-I just don't trust the government to do
right by us 'Average Joe' car hobbyists!
Laura G.
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>From: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
>Date: 04 Jul 2000 06:53:28 -0500
>To: dougnad <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
>CC: sdspitfire <sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net>,
> spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: MOT Time...
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>Yes, rust is a big problem here, both due to the damp climate, and particularly
> since the roads are heavily salted during cold winter spells to prevent icing.
>Life expectancy of a car is probably 12-16 years, although some cars have
> galvanised body shells so survive much better (one reason for choosing a
> Citroen for my wife's car). Now if only someone would make a new galvanised
> body tub for Spitfires that we could swap to. And sell it nice and cheap...
>
>I, unintentionally, made a killing a few years back due to the variation of
> salting policy in Canada. I travelled around Canada and the States for 3
> months, but had planned on arriving in Vancouver and leaving from Toronto. I
> bought a '68 Ford Fairlane in Vancouver for CD$250 - seen as a worthless old
> banger by the owner, since BC do not seem to salt roads at all, so cars last a
> long time and there are plenty of old cars around. Not a spot of rust on her,
> about 70,000 km, used for a weekly shopping trip for the last 10 years. Sold
> her in Toronto, where the roads are severely salted, and there were few cars
> over about 10 years old - a 23-year-old Ford, unrestored and rust-free, was a
> true rarity, so I got CD$600 for her! I admitted to the buyer after the sale
> what I had originally paid, but he didn't mind - he told me he would have paid
> twice what we agreed!
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>This definitely shows what a major factor road salting is in causing rust.
>
>Richard and Daffy (constantly battling with the dreaded tin-worm)
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>dougnad@bellatlantic.net on 4Jul2000 12:13 PM
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>To: Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar@Caterpillar
>sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net@INTERNET
>spitfires@autox.team.net@INTERNET
>cc:
>Subject: Re: MOT Time...
>Retain Until: 03/08/2000 Retention Category: G90 - Information and
> Reports
>Perkins Confidential: Green
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>It sounds like rust is the biggest heartbreaker in these MOT tests.
>Cars must rust a lot in the UK. At one point Pennsylvania had
>a fairly strict inspection, where holes rusted through the bodywork
>would make the car fail. I remember hearing stories of people doing dubious
>things to their cars, Bondo-wise, to get them to pass.
>
>Doug Braun
>'72 Spit
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