Being a California kid, I never knew about rust..
But in 1971 when I decided to spend my life savings (I was a poor college
student) on a
sports car and that the one I wanted was a Sunbeam Tiger... The first one I
looked at
was a red one I found in a newspaper ad. The owner told me where he parked it
downtown (in our little town) and I could take a look there anytime. I took my
more
car savy younger brother to look at it. It looked pretty good to me, new
soft-top, new
tires, new exhaust. But my brother noticed some blisters on the rocker panel.
I watched
as he wrapped a knuckle on the panel to see how bad it was. We both watched in
horror as a hole the size of my fist popped open! Needless to say we
hightailed it out
of there.. and I was happy I didn't give the guy my phone number.. apologies if
you are
on this list ;-)
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Rense (GE Indust, ConsInd)
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:04:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Rust never sleeps
Hey gang, thanks for jogging a long-lost memory. Since we lived in the
heart of the rust belt (Cleveland), my ol' man would get all his cars
rust-proofed as soon as he bought them, mostly at a local joint called
Mickey's.
This discussion brought back very strong images of him taking me down to
Mickey's on the Saturday right after he bought his blue Tiger, I
couldn't have been more than twelve. I watched them drill the little
holes, stick that wand in and then plugging the holes with plastic caps.
It must have been fall, as the hard top was on the car. We drove out
into the country for what seemed like hours afterward, his "excuse" was
to help dry the rust proofing material. What I remember most was the
smell of the goo they used, like pitch tar, and how much quieter the car
seemed to be. That was a good day.
I'm sure he also did that same thing to his later Tiger, I just don't
remember that one very well as it was only with us a short while. It was
traded in at Marshall Ford for a slightly used Cobra, no rust proofing
needed.
If anyone has a Tiger that came from NE Ohio and has/had rust proofing
access holes, you may own one of his cars. I don't have any records of
the VIN numbers.
Bugz
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