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Dec 13, 2008 | 01:25 PM

#31

preppypyro

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I say weld in the patch panels, por15 the hell outta it, and the rust shouldnt come back!

For the savings in fuel, she might just be worth it, patch panels arent that expensive.

Dec 13, 2008 | 04:14 PM

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Rust will always come back in this country with salt/potash covered winter roads though you can get more years out of a vehicle with properly done rust repairs.

Dec 15, 2008 | 05:13 PM

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I wonder though, if you did por15 enough, and washed enough, that would prolong the rust for quite awhile.

A buddy of mine does powdercoating, and he claims once a part is powdercoated, it wont rust from the salt and crap on the roads. Unfortunatly ya cant powdercoat everything! (IF what he says is true!)

Dec 15, 2008 | 06:33 PM

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Well powder coatings also eventually wear away and the rust comes back. But it definitely prolongs the chance of rust coming back.
Lots of guys get their frames on their rodders done in powder coat or resto jobs. It does slow down that rusting problem.

Dec 15, 2008 | 06:48 PM

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That would be alot of work though too!

Be cool for the right vehicle, but it would definatly have to be a ground up resto.

Dec 15, 2008 | 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by preppypyro

Be cool for the right vehicle, but it would definitely have to be a ground up resto.

Is there any other way to properly do a resto other than ground up, where does one stop and still have a quality restoration........

Dec 15, 2008 | 10:00 PM

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Yeah for sure, but I guess what i was getting at, is for Glen, he most likely wouldnt wanna do that on an 85 ford half ton

Might wanna do that on his econolines though

Dec 15, 2008 | 11:09 PM

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My bad, as soon as you mentioned resto I automatically started thinking of an older collectible..........

On Glen`s it shouldn`t be as big a job if caught in time. I think Paul`s had abit more actual rust and from what I remember he said said it wasn`t all that hard to redo.