Got Rust?

[Southeast Overland]

You don't want to buy a frame that looks like wet cardboard.

 

[Trollhole]

So, this is bad, right?

Good googly moogly!

Run.

 

[Carp]

Thought so , when I saw the pic, I almost shot milk out my nose...

 

[WES1977]

Looks like mine.


that's not one of my pics is it?

oh I found the same shot on the rig in norfolk.
https://70.161.85.20/fj60/DSC04830.JPG

 

[Southeast Overland]

https://forum.ih8mud.com/vehicles-t...28-82-fj60-sale-trade-lift-arb-bfgs-c-4k.html

60 in decent shape w/ lift, swing out, new 33's, etc @ $4k in Texas...

 

[beaufort-fj60]

I asked these question in the 60s section, and have gotten some feedback, most of which has been "Get a Midland or West Coast rig". That may not be possible for me.

How many of you have rust on your Cruisers? Would small amounts of rust keep you from buying a local Cruiser? I want to stay away from frame rust, but is there one kind of rust (rocker, quarter, wheel well, tailgate, etc) worse than another kind? I imagine that roof/gutter rust is pretty bad, but that's a guess.

I think most of the rust I'm looking at is paint bubbling, small area rust, not gaping hole rust.

Thanks in advance!

I'll toss in my coastal SC experience with 60s.. mine has some rust spots nothing extraordinary. There is a sticker in the engine compartment from an a/c shop in Illinois.. so I'm not sure of it's life story. I know of a few other 60s that have spent their entire life in the low country. They do not have a speck of rust on them.. not even in the rain gutters.