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<p>The old Gasoline IHC Loadstar trucks were pretty rust free up to
the windshield. They usually rusted out at the headlights and the
cab air vent where it came in from the bottom of the windshield
through the Wiper motor gutter. The engines leaked enough oil to
keep everything sealed off underneath... If it was a wheat truck,
you started with a putty knife to do work underneath. <br>
Cecil<br>
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<div>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.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 3:30
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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Mike Meulens AT List member (<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">meulenms@gmx.com</a>)
; 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.<br>
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Phil Auten Texas AT List member (<a
href="mailto:pga2@basicisp.net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">pga2@basicisp.net</a>); 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.<br>
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James AT List Member (<a href="mailto:jamesgpeck@hotmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jamesgpeck@hotmail.com</a>);
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.<br>
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aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
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