On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:30:51 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:54:11 GMT, Gunner
wrote:
On 25 Mar 2005 13:22:45 GMT, Ignoramus15970
wrote:

Yes, I would say you are buying them at scrap prices. Anything the
military used has been sitting outside for 5 plus years.

Halcitron, have you looked at the actual pictures of the stuff being
sold?

Here in California, depending on location....the stuff could well have
been outside for 20 yrs. Shrug...not a lot of rain or bad weather
here. Kills rubber parts, but rust and whatnot is not generally an
issue unless one goes over to the coastline.

70 yr old cars are common, no rust worms here.

They're few and far between, as my Corvair and Signal Corps PE-95-G
can attest.


???? Are you saying the very old cars are not common here in
California? Been to the central valley recently?

Having grown up in Iron Worm country...its fascinating the number of
30s, 40s, and 50s cars that are being driven every day, many of them
not even restored past engine work.

A friend of mine just got aBuick Roadmaster. It was found out on a
very old oil lease in a blind canyon. The only surface rust on it
appears to be as a result of exposure to hydrogen sulfide.

Some bullet holes though. But he claims it will restore as easily as
his Hudson Hornet. Found up in Coalinga on a ranch.

Shrug...

Gunner


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