Do your due diligence

[CharlieS]

Bought this "rust free, we don't salt roads in Colorado" 80. Didn't consider looking under the carpets, since it seemed really rust free compared to "out east" corrosion levels.

Sadly it had several through body holes, front of both rear fenders and rear of another.

Make sure you do your homework.

Thank goodness I can weld.

 

[Kabanstva]

That’s not fun. Did you have the car shipped to you snd didn’t inspect it before buying it?

 

[ToothDr]

Bummer. Here in Denver and interstates around the state, CDOT has been using Mag chloride since the mid 1990s.

 

[CharlieS]

Totally my fault! But 100% better than a VT rig after 30 years!!

 

[family80]

The northeast can be rough. But it definitely makes some of the rigs out west that no one will touch a walk in the park.

 

[CharlieS]

That’s not fun. Did you have the car shipped to you snd didn’t inspect it before buying it?

No, I bought it in person. I didn't think to look under the carpets.

 

[TCH2FLY]

Bummer. Here in Denver and interstates around the state, CDOT has been using Mag chloride since the mid 1990s.

Unfortunately it depends on temperature. CDOT began using Sodium Chloride at least 6 years ago, they claim there are corrosion inhibitors

 

[effjay80]

Living in a semi rust free state gives one such a HUGE advantage with truck preservation. I salute the NE and Midwest owners!

 

[cbmontgo]

That looks bad, even for Colorado. Wonder if that truck spent time elsewhere with salted roads.

 

[Saito]

Maybe a leaking windshield gasket or plugged up sunroof drains for years ? Suppose it doesn’t necessarily have to be from the road

 

[CharlieS]

This (both sides where the second row seatbelts mounted) was rusted through from the outside. Seems as though the backing plates trapped something corrosive and eventually rust won.

 

[thatcabledude]

This (both sides where the second row seatbelts mounted) was rusted through from the outside. Seems as though the backing plates trapped something corrosive and eventually rust won.

Common issue.

 

[Kernal]

Sorry to see that, got more photos showing the carnage inside the cabin or underneath??

 

[CharlieS]

Here are a couple of the other side which was considerably worse:

The one in the rear seems like it may have resulted from an interior spill of something corrosive.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Here are a couple of the other side which was considerably worse:

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The one in the rear seems like it may have resulted from an interior spill of something corrosive.

Coca cola probably

 

[SNLC]

They don’t just salt the roads in Colorado they spray mag on them out of water trucks. Go look up magnesium chloride, they is what they are using.


I miss the good ole days of just using salt sand (15% salt added to sand) on the roads here in the west. Now in big cities like Denver and SLC they spray mag and it is really bad. I am here in Boise and I have seen them spraying it or straight salt spreading when it is 50*. Wasteful, toxic and ruins our old vehicles.

Cheers

 

[FJBen]

They don’t just salt the roads in Colorado they spray mag on them out of water trucks. Go look up magnesium chloride, they is what they are using.


I miss the good ole days of just using salt sand (15% salt added to sand) on the roads here in the west. Now in big cities like Denver and SLC they spray mag and it is really bad. I am here in Boise and I have seen them spraying it or straight salt spreading when it is 50*. Wasteful, toxic and ruins our old vehicles.

Cheers

Yep it sucks. When it gets slushy/Icy and they are out, the cruiser stays in til the roads dry. Which sucks Becuase I like driving in the winter stuff. The good thing is snow ice doesn’t stay long so I can usually drive it a few days after the storm, then wash it off.

 

[Casey E]

They started dropping magchloride on fires this year as a test in CA, seems to work well.