a very fast '72

[gnosez]

My only new car was a 260 that developed rust in the rockers in under 10 months.

I remember a story told at one of the Z conventions that had the Zs being loaded on the bottom level of the ships coming into Long Beach and Newark. Sea water levels were high enough to splash up and on to most of those cars. True story?

[Z dreams]

 Welcome, Gary,

 

  Nice to have a member in the area.

 

John

[87mj]

My only new car was a 260 that developed rust in the rockers in under 10 months.

I remember a story told at one of the Z conventions that had the Zs being loaded on the bottom level of the ships coming into Long Beach and Newark. Sea water levels were high enough to splash up and on to most of those cars. True story?

Hmmm. I think I believe that story. I remember sometime during the '90s I stopped off at a used car lot to see an old blue '73.  It had surface rust spots on the paint all over it about the size of sand dollars. The frame was in great shape and the odometer read 20,000.  The salesman started it up for me and it still had the smog pump on it so it sounded like crap. Due to rust and the smog pump sound, he thought it had at least 120,000. I could have almost stole that car from them that day.  I wonder if your story could have caused the rust on that car.   When they rust in Indiana, its from the inside out. I've not seen anything like it since.

Edited December 12, 2015 by 87mj