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Post by cysticderby on Jan 27, 2016 19:15:23 GMT -5
Bought an 87 Cadillac, git it home, took the back seat out and.the floor under the seats all the way across is pretty much gone, rest of car seems.ok if I swap body mounts as usual. On a scale of 1-10 I'd say its an 8 when it comes to the floor missing. Would yall patch and.run or scrap it!? Thanks
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Post by cowboy on Jan 27, 2016 20:14:13 GMT -5
If the frames good and the body is good I'd run it! Sometimes patch jobs can be tougher then factory imo  |
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Post by klicky96 on Jan 27, 2016 20:39:29 GMT -5
Whoa, you're telling me that something called rust eats away metal? Shoot, up here in northern ohio, I ain't never seen nothin like that!
Lol just kidding around. Patch it up and go. No big deal. You should see the cars I build.
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Post by STROMI 121 on Jan 27, 2016 20:42:48 GMT -5
All caddys rust. That's what sheetmetal patches are for.
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Post by car185 on Jan 27, 2016 21:17:55 GMT -5
Cars are to hard to come by to scrap them every time you run across rust. Fix it and give her hell.
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Post by justforfun1973 on Jan 27, 2016 22:04:22 GMT -5
Patch it and run it. Don't scrap a good car.. IMO
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Post by noser23x on Jan 27, 2016 22:39:15 GMT -5
Call me crazy, but I kinda always thought we were giving these cars one more go. There last shining moment before they got crushed. We are wrecking cars. Why in the hell would you crush one before sending that thing.
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Post by STROMI 121 on Jan 27, 2016 23:05:30 GMT -5
Ive ran junk with no floors or trunk. I had to find a bench seat just because there was nothing left to attach a split bench to.
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Post by crusher71 on Jan 27, 2016 23:29:05 GMT -5
THE 4 OLD IRON CARS I RAN LAST YEAR HAD THE WORST TRUNKS I HAVE EVER RUN, DIDNT PATCH JUST WIRED THEM AND DROVE FORWARD. PATCH AND RUN IT FOR SURE....
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Post by cysticderby on Jan 28, 2016 20:10:45 GMT -5
Hahahah northern Ohio!!! I'm near Cleveland !!!!!_ thanks guys, gonna.give.it hell
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Post by klicky96 on Jan 28, 2016 21:30:24 GMT -5
Hahahah northern Ohio!!! I'm near Cleveland !!!!!_ thanks guys, gonna.give.it hell Lol I'm in sandusky, I feel your pain man! |
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Post by derby2racer on Jan 28, 2016 23:27:04 GMT -5
"Rusty" cars up here in south Dakota consist of football size rust hole in bottom of rear quarters, a softball size rust hole in the trunk and a baseball size hole or two in the back seat area or front floorboard. I guess we don't have it so bad here.
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Post by boom61 on Jan 28, 2016 23:41:28 GMT -5
My current car I pretty much started with a tunnel and rockers, I think you'll be alright.
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Post by cowboy on Feb 1, 2016 21:24:59 GMT -5
Just toured a yard of 2-300 cars there for probably 20-30 years atleast... Thats where you see rust, ohhh by the way they were from Wisconsin too haha
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Post by coachwagner on Feb 3, 2016 21:23:50 GMT -5
That's why you learn to keep sheet metal of pre ran cars.
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