Art & Inspiration this is the end... the rusty corpse pics treat

hey folks...here is the chance to show what corrosion can do to kill a car
I will begin with a dodge that i must taken "6feet under" ...do you see the belly tie at the doors?, thtas from transporting at the trailer...it has it reasons

 

Yep! DOA!.. Most of us from the NE regions of the US know all about rust! I've become spoiled down here in Okieland.

 

REST IN PEACE

 

The stainless is still good on that Nomad...and the Dodge is WHY I'm glad I live in ColoRODo...rust does not equate to living here...found this one about 40 miles from my home-has been sitting since 1966...(and sorry, it's sold and gone already)...

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I'd be all over the Nomad with a sawzall !

 

I think you could tug at most of the stainless and have it fall right off in your hand

 

Damn!!! I have no words!!

 

That Nomad breaks my heart. There are a few cars I have longed for all my life and never wavered. That's at the top of the list. Sierra Gold too..

 

I'd save that nomad. Maybe use it to help convert a regular wagon into a nomad. Lot of work but it'd be fun.

 

If you think that Dodge is bad, you should see the stuff around here. I've fixed worse cars then that, and driven them many 1,000s of miles afterwords. Gene

 

I think your dodge is a 41 chevy.

 

I think he was referring to the Dodge in the OP

 

My 34 after sitting many years in a field, before new/used sheetmetal.

 

The 31 Vic I have has the market cornered on surface rust.

 

I'm not sure where to start!

 

Miracle-Gro!?

 

I see what looks like gasoline and starter fluid, you could start there!

 

"I'm not sure where to start!"

Jim Sibley would have it running and driving in a week! I always thought some cars were to far gone until I saw his resurrections.

 

My 34 before extensive panel replacement:
And then afterwards...

 

You never know where your car will wind up when you leave this earth. There is a guy in town with a 69 442 riding around in the salt. Complete idiot. It won't be long before it starts to rot .It'll go to another owner is going to restore it but never does. Then it winds up in the sitting and rotting section

 

I look at differently, I say good for him for enjoying it while he’s here


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Yep, then all it needs for another life is someone to love it that has a vision and the determination to build it to that vision. Gene

 

I like to think of myself as a preservationalist. I hope the work that I've done future generations can enjoy. Like to make it easier for the next owner. I don't take my vehicles out in the salt and when I do my repairs I use the most powerful industrial coating systems there are so if it does wind up in the woods it will last quite a while for the next guy to bring it back to life.

 

Better clear coat it, "patina" like that doesn't come along too often

 

This was a 55 more door. after I ripped away what was rusted this is all that's left. It does have a good holly wood frame. The 235 engine was good. it now resides in my 56 more door

 

When I first had my 54' chevy tore down to the bare body, I started working on it but gave up thinking it was too far gone. I let a friend haul the body away for scrap metal. Then a couple years later, guilt got the better of me because it was my first car and I went out and bought another body to put all the pieces back together with. It's better in some ways, but still pretty rusty and I wish I had kept the first body.

It taught me that old auto body dosn't belong at a scrap yard. It can either be saved, or help save another body, but shouldn't go in the melting pot IMO. If it really was "too far gone," it would'nt be worth anything to the scrapper anyway. Just give it a proper burial.

 

I bought this 55 more door wagon to get the back glass for the wagon in my avatar. Its got what we call St Louis rust. Freddy Flintstone and all his passengers could power it. The roof is in real good cond.

 

I bought this 53 ford 2 dr for $5. My wife was with me when I went to get it. Debbie offered to pay me $15 to leave it there. It had some really good stainless. That was sold. still some pieces left. and the air box hood hinges where good. Ive sold about $500 worth of parts off of it. Still has the pedals & linkage. Transmission and rear end and some good glass.

 

I've lived in northeast Ohio all my life. I have learned to weld air.

 

You guys are all better than I am, I wouldn't touch any of this stuff