79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
Why do the bodies on older Chevy trucks rot away into nothingness, while the frame and suspension brakets genereally hold up almost perfectly.
However for ford trucks, The bodies seem to hold together better, if not pretty well, while the frames and all suspension brackets and everything else disintegrates?
I dont get it, My dads 94 bronco hasnt been washed since I washed it while I was in high school (I graduated in 04). everything underneath is trash, but the body isnt too bad yet. The thing looks like ****, needs quaters, a tailgate(all in Mn do) and fenders. somehow by the grace of god the doors are still pretty cherry, but the body structure underneath is still sound.
One 79 chevy I had the body literally rusted off of the frame. There was NOTHING under the drivers feet that GM put there, all the braces were gone, it has a 2.5" gap at the bottom of the door, while binding up top. the boxsides had angle iron holding them together and attatched to the bumper, with 2 feet of actual bed floor left towards the front of the box.
However with that truck having stock suspension still, quite a few bolts came right out, and every bracket was completly sound with the exception of one rear spring hanger getting soft.
I dont get it.
Has anyone else noticed stuff like this? My 89 f150 is like that too, pretty decent appearing body overall, with alot of suspension brackets needing to be replaced, the frame itself still appears solid though.
Fuking roadsalt and rusty junk.
However for ford trucks, The bodies seem to hold together better, if not pretty well, while the frames and all suspension brackets and everything else disintegrates?
I dont get it, My dads 94 bronco hasnt been washed since I washed it while I was in high school (I graduated in 04). everything underneath is trash, but the body isnt too bad yet. The thing looks like ****, needs quaters, a tailgate(all in Mn do) and fenders. somehow by the grace of god the doors are still pretty cherry, but the body structure underneath is still sound.
One 79 chevy I had the body literally rusted off of the frame. There was NOTHING under the drivers feet that GM put there, all the braces were gone, it has a 2.5" gap at the bottom of the door, while binding up top. the boxsides had angle iron holding them together and attatched to the bumper, with 2 feet of actual bed floor left towards the front of the box.
However with that truck having stock suspension still, quite a few bolts came right out, and every bracket was completly sound with the exception of one rear spring hanger getting soft.
I dont get it.
Has anyone else noticed stuff like this? My 89 f150 is like that too, pretty decent appearing body overall, with alot of suspension brackets needing to be replaced, the frame itself still appears solid though.Fuking roadsalt and rusty junk.
