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[fc7_plumcrazy]

great story.
Should remind people that these cars were built for driving

Carsten

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I don't think they would have gone for a salty wagon on the floor with the shiny trailer queens

 

[73 Polara Wagon]

I don't think they would have gone for a salty wagon on the floor with the shiny trailer queens

Salty wagon? Hardly, it looked great under the lights. True car guys always love the "drivers" & "barn finds"

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I was referring to before the wash

 

[polara71]

great story.
Should remind people that these cars were built for driving

Carsten

Yes Carsten but some at this point shouldnt be subjected to certain elements, thats what eliminated most of the heard to begin with

 

[Stormer]

The Nature Boy is right. These cars have unpainted inner-panels. If any salt got on my car, I would treat it as a code-red emergency.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

true and I don't drive through salt either unless I have a already badly rusted out winter barge.

I had to drive twice in my life though salt with a real good car (58 300 D and 71 challenger RT). When the salt was gone from the road I took it to a car wash and cleaned it up from the underside with a pressure washer, too

 

[1978 NYB]

The Nature Boy is right. These cars have unpainted inner-panels. If any salt got on my car, I would treat it as a code-red emergency.

I wouldn't of drove it in the salt either. We do corrosion tests at the Proving Ground. We can do a 22 year accelerated corrosion test in 277 days. We have vehicles that literally fall apart before the test ends.

http://www.dodtechmatch.com/DOD/Lab/VIEWLAB.aspx?id=20286

Click on the link below to kind of get an over view of the testing.

http://www.dodtechmatch.com/DOD/Lab/FacView_PopUp.aspx?facilityid=71299&labid=20286