Finally, we're getting some recognition.
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I love old classics now. It’s not always been like that. By the time I started working on these things in 99 the ‘95 classics with the soft dash was already rusting into one solid chunk.
I was told by a few old timers that a process that treated hardware for corrosion was bad for the environment, so they stopped doing it. Jaguar has the same problem with the x types from the same era. They rust worse than anything I’ve ever seen.
Yep. And for the body they rust from the inside out. I have some surface rust on my underside yet not driving it in the Winter has paid off. I’ll take it out on our backroad in deep snow before the plow / salt truck has hit it. Really amazing how great the B-W box performs in the snow!!
Also how I felt on my Disco. I’ll deal with mech / elec issues on a nice rust free Rover. As I have a heated garage, after driving it the hose comes out and it gets sprayed down/washed. PITA yet still looks good underneath and paint wise.
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The steel subframe on which the body panels attached was only primed on my ‘93 and ‘94 RRC. Guessing the same on earlier models. Plus Landy Rover kept marketing aluminum body panels wouldn’t rust. While true the subframe did especially with the liquid calcium chloride used on the roads in the NE. that found its way into it. So the Rangies would just literally collapse! Especially the firewall. Rust is the main reason not many RRCs around any more. The majority were sold in the NE to begin with.
Swiss import inspection number on the ‘94 LWB Rangie underside when we took it over. Still on the frame after 9 years!
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Exactly. Mine doesn't even have rust on the fasteners. Any discoloration is just old Montana dust
. I don't think we can find them like this anymore.
I don't like pics like this. I mean, they're awesome, but essentially unattainable for me.
You two might as well be posting pictures of the Instagram models you're sexing
I think I'm gonna go take pics of the underside of the D2 I sold to my neighbor 2 years ago for some rust-porn equality
So I bought this thing about 4 years ago for $750, and sold it to my neighbor about 2 years ago for $1200.
Anyway, it gets ugly but these things can take quite a bit of rust.
I just took these 10 minutes ago, but it pretty much looked just like this when I bought it...
(@p m maybe hide your eyes
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Anyway, it gets ugly but these things can take quite a bit of rust.
I just took these 10 minutes ago, but it pretty much looked just like this when I bought it...
(@p m maybe hide your eyes
)I'm sure you get it bad up there. The colder it is the more acids they add to the salt. At -20F salt alone doesn't do much. It's pretty much always at least 10deg colder up there than here in northern Illinois.
Dude, I feel your pain.
I've had a Euro Ford Granada with the body behind the C-pillar cracking off due to rust, so I know what this battle entails.
If you ever have a choice between a blown-engine, slipping-transmission, truck from SW USA and a rusty ECR rebuild - the former wins all day.
Oh it's awful here. The fuel tank shield on the sport has practically disintegrated.
That being said, I don't think this truck is typical as it's the worst overall D2 frame from here I've ever seen. In person it looks like someone drove it in the ocean. FWIW I got it from a 20-something looking dude in La Crosse.
While I don’t drive the Rangie in the Winter, the D1 is used on a daily basis. It gets washed / underside rinsed every day. It has some rust yet primarily on the fasteners. The road deicer is just terrible for a vehicle here in W. PA.
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