I'm pretty much bummed out. The Sprint got the kiss of death today. The car had various rust issues I was willing to tackle,.. I had even figured out how to fix the firewall rust. But today I pulled the rear hatch gasket,.. * sigh *. If anyone in washington or Oregon has a fairly solid early sedan body please let me know. :lost:
The Kiss of Death seems to be rampant lately.... :(
Chris
Better then the rear ender of death....
So how bad is the rust?
So how bad is the rust?
I will post pictures tommorow
The rust is swelling and seperating the pinch welds where the outer skin rolls over to meet the gasket shelf,.. wich itself is almost completely obliterated.
I'll try to preserve it as long as I can, but I do live in Washington, and it will be stored out side. I've been on a rust killing campaign for several days,.. OSFLO seems to be the best chemical I've found. I think it might be working better than rust mort. I did learn that if you get water on it before it dries, it accelerates rust,.. who knows, maybe at some point in the future I will have the skill to attempt the hatch.
The fix for the firewall is to drill out the spot welds and sandwich in new flange metal,.. that is exactly what Ford did from the factory. the problem with the Hatch opening is there is nothing to drill for 40% of the pinch weld.
If I had more skill at replacing body panels I would do it.
As far as parting out,.. I would have to wait til all attempts to get this car brought back, or put into the hands of someone who will bring it back are exausted before I would consider that option.
Will do Tony,
Rust pics,
The stuff behind the tail ight is loose scale that fell from gasket when I peeled it out.
Thanks for sharing the pics, they tell the story well..
Good grief, I am really starting to hate rust.
Chris
Quote from: Pintony on July 15, 2008, 02:49:38 PM
Hello Ironman,
That stinks!!!!
I'll take dibs on parts if you decide to go that route!!!!?????
From Pintony
hey now tony!!! ive been trying to get it before he even got it ! he live down the street and he is trying to get the 73 from me but even doc has been trying to get that one.
then he (ironman) went and spotted the 71 down the street ive been after for a year. to fix for my baby sis.
That looks just as bad as my 71 parts car, but it went to the crusher last year :(
lol,.. too funny,.. nut you didnt even know where this car was.
No worries M8,..I have no designs on that 71,.. I've known about it for twenty years. Take my advice and do a records check for the property owner.
I've found 7 pintos within 350 miles in the last 3 days,.. there are some beautiful wagons out there. If anyones interested I'll try and figure out how to post the links,.. ( I'm terrible at the computer stuff )
The only car I'd consider purchasing is an early sedan, and it would have to be a stick car.
As far as the Sprint goes,.I've started stripping pieces to bare metal, I'm using a "self etching" primer that seems to work very well.
I'm also watching popbumpers thread concerning rust.
I know I'm new here, and I probably talk to much, but it would be nice to see a thread dedicated soley to dealing with rust issues,.. every year solid cars will become increasingly difficult to come by.
Quote from: Pintony on July 16, 2008, 10:29:07 PM
Well apintonut,,,
What is your Point???
If you want it? You should have bought it!!!
I need some parts so I spoke UP!!!!
From Pintony
lol
he wouldn't tell me where it was.
also keep in mind its setting on my tire and wheels. give's me a leg up lol
im hoping to get the hole car complete i have other parts cars and can replace the bad parts
ps if i can get it from ironman ill give up on the 71 (well not stress it) and that will be lil sis's car
Rofl,
What tires and wheels? :devil:
he he,.. just kidding man.
I'm going to continue on the "stop the rust campaign" If I pick up the 71 sedan next week I will probably only spend enough effort to get the Sprint preserved for the winter.
Besides, you wouldnt want your baby sis running around in a "moth eaten rust bucket" would you?
Mike
Quote from: Ironman on July 18, 2008, 12:22:27 AM
Rofl,
What tires and wheels? :devil:
he he,.. just kidding man.
I'm going to continue on the "stop the rust campaign" If I pick up the 71 sedan next week I will probably only spend enough effort to get the Sprint preserved for the winter.
Besides, you wouldnt want your baby sis running around in a "moth eaten rust bucket" would you?
Mike
u've only seen the 4 cars and parts i keep at my house i have 2 more at my father-in-laws and a 8x8 shed of parts 2 at a friends house in puyalup stuffed full of parts one in everet (i need to go get) 2 wagons i need to go pic up in enumclaw an 2 more in portland O.R. with a 6x10+ shed of parts most are just parts but if i start putting one to gather. i can do it! and it would be nice
Well I've been back and forth with this project. I pulled the back seat out today and realized there is just no way I'm going to tackle this,.. I'm parting it out.
After taking all the crap out, that was inside I could see the back seat completely,.. its pretty much toast. The hub caps are pretty good shape but there are a couple dings on the edge where they were damaged by the wrong tool being used to remove them. there is also one very small ding on the side of one. I tried to position them so you could see. They are still wet in the picture. Oh yeah,.. the black circle on the back seat isnt a tear,.. its a kind of indentation where junk rest against it.
Ok I just added a close up of what I feel is the worst of the hub caps,.. they will all need to be polished.