Pretty generic at least for the RRC. If one is penning an article it is pretty easy to research the first air suspension was the model year 1993 Rangie vs just saying 90s.
Yeah, and it also looks like the author never owned a Classic.Pretty generic at least for the RRC. If one is penning an article it is pretty easy to research the first air suspension was the model year 1993 Rangie vs just saying 90s.
Agree though nice to see.
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.Yeah, and it also looks like the author never owned a Classic.
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!!The photos of undersides of these trucks from the North-East make me cringe.
I could do with mechanical and electrical issues, but rust is a deal-breaker for me.
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.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.
Dude, I feel your pain.I just took these 10 minutes ago, but it pretty much looked just like this when I bought it...
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 remember one of ECR’s 110 restorations for sale from Nantucket or the Vineyard that was totally rusted out. Real shame.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.