05-02-23, 10:46 AM
For me, 2 stick out the worst.
First was this 57 Chevy 2 dr post car. Had a 283 PowerPack that even though had the air cleaner on it and was covered, water still got inside the cylinders, and in winter froze and pushed the cylinder wall into the water jacket. Every body mount, floor piece and body panel was rusted, even the heater assembly was toast. Even in 83, you could buy all these parts, the Tri-5 Chevy's were the first cars you could almost build from a catalog. The killer of the car was when unbolted the lower control arm, the frame was missing where it bolted in the back. Only good parts on the car was the stainless trim, not a nick or dent in any of it. Unfortunately, those got destroyed in the house fire.
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Other was my 66 Coronet. I knew of the rust in engine compartment, but rest of car looked solid when I bought it. But after having to cut the upper control arm bolts out and finding one side with holes in shock tower, I should have dug into it more. Instead, decided to "restore it". Pulled the carpets, and the front floors were rotted so fixed them and the trans crossmember. Then I found out a sagging rear bumper on a B-body isn't just a rusty bumper mount. That's when I tore into it and found it needed 3 frame rails, 2 shock towers, inner fenders, quarters, rear crossmembers. Beyond my ability to fix at the time both financially and time/space wise, the junkyard charged me to haul it away.
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First was this 57 Chevy 2 dr post car. Had a 283 PowerPack that even though had the air cleaner on it and was covered, water still got inside the cylinders, and in winter froze and pushed the cylinder wall into the water jacket. Every body mount, floor piece and body panel was rusted, even the heater assembly was toast. Even in 83, you could buy all these parts, the Tri-5 Chevy's were the first cars you could almost build from a catalog. The killer of the car was when unbolted the lower control arm, the frame was missing where it bolted in the back. Only good parts on the car was the stainless trim, not a nick or dent in any of it. Unfortunately, those got destroyed in the house fire.
12496124971249812499
Other was my 66 Coronet. I knew of the rust in engine compartment, but rest of car looked solid when I bought it. But after having to cut the upper control arm bolts out and finding one side with holes in shock tower, I should have dug into it more. Instead, decided to "restore it". Pulled the carpets, and the front floors were rotted so fixed them and the trans crossmember. Then I found out a sagging rear bumper on a B-body isn't just a rusty bumper mount. That's when I tore into it and found it needed 3 frame rails, 2 shock towers, inner fenders, quarters, rear crossmembers. Beyond my ability to fix at the time both financially and time/space wise, the junkyard charged me to haul it away.
12503125041250012508
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