[Roadsters] studded tires...

[Gary McCormick]

First thing I thought when I saw the pics was - road salt.

Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

Gary McCormick
San Jose

--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Bill Oakes <boakes at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Bill Oakes <boakes at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] studded tires...
To: "Tim" <tputland at charter.net>
Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 10:59 AM

it really is an interesting little 4-wheeled-science project.

I decided to scrub it down a little once I got the rear end back together,
or at least blow off some of the loose stuff and clean it up. I noticed
there were a bunch spider web trails going down to the cement floor of the
garage, from the car and thought that was odd, i've never seen anything
like
that on the red car that has at there for 2 years now. Then I realized,
those were escape trails for spiders who made it home for the last few years
outside. Kind of freaked out my wife, but it's a detached garage, no harm.

Fired up the air compressor with a long wand and blew out a couple shovels
full of loose rust, dirt and even some home insulation that I'm sure the
mice used to build a nest at some point.

Bottom line is that there is bad rust damage on the bottom of the door sills
and rear fenders where I'm sure dirt was sitting for years, collecting
moisture and not draining. From that point up the car is solid, even the
floor pans, it's kind of amazing.

I'm sure there are some surprised to be found once I really get it into
pieces, but need my "model" in one piece for now.

I did scrub down as much surface rust I could get to on the frame and pans
with a wire brush. I'll keep doing that as much as time allows to keep the
damage from continuing. But, for now, it's in a nice dry place.

fun stuff.



On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Tim <tputland at charter.net> wrote:

> Wow, look at that muffler. That car has been sitting outside for a very
> long
> time. The under side of Bills new part car is rustier than one of my part
> cars.
> And my car had rice paper thin sheet metal in the foot well AND A-pillars.
>
> How are the A-pillars on that car Bill?
>
> Tim
> Belleville, WI.
> '70 SPL AND SRL
> Still clueless but always learning
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