[AT] Big Truck Pickups

[Indiana Robinson]

Tom McCahill who wrote for Mechanix Illustrated more than once wrote of the
common practice in Florida, where he was living, of spraying their cars all
over underneath with used motor oil. I recall thinking at the time (early
to mid 1950's) that I would think that mechanics would really hate working
on those slimy under-pinnings. Normal leaking oil was bad enough.


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On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 3:30 PM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Years ago I had a publication that advocated coating the interiors of the
> bottom of doors and any other lower water holding joint with used motor
> oil. I did try it on one car and it seemed to work.
>
> Mike Meulens AT List member (meulenms at gmx.com) ; Well, It'll be a long
> time before I buy a new pickup at the prices they are at now. I have a 2010
> Silverado with 110,000 on it, and the rust is beginning in all the
> suspected spots, the rear wheel well being the main culprit. It'll be a
> fender flapper in a couple of years, but as long as it's reliable I'll keep
> it. I've heard rumors, not first hand information that body shops are
> having a hard time learning how to work on the aluminum body panels. Sure
> would be nice to have a truck that doesn't rust out before it's service
> life is though. You guys in the south many not have this problem, due to
> little or no salt ever being used.  What bothers me is that my wife's Camry
> has 70,000 more miles on it, gets driven every day in the salty slush, zero
> rust.
>
> Phil Auten Texas AT List member (pga2 at basicisp.net); James, that video of
> the "empty" toolbox punching a hole in the > aluminum bed floor of a Ford
> was faked. Notice that it is no longer > shown on TV? That is why. GM made
> a big misjudgement on that one.
>
> James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com); I have rented a Home Depot
> flatbed >> pickup twice to carry items that would not have fit in a pickup
> box.>> I am very impressed with them. The flat beds are probably much more
> >> puncture proof than those aluminum ford pickup boxes. There used to >>
> be a commercial of someone dropping a tool box into a ford pickup bed >>
> and tearing a hole in the bed.
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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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