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[rich1889]

As much as I love my mini I’m getting bored of the body work and rust being the biggest problem with it. Is there a classic car out there that doesn’t rust easily?

[myredmini]

Reliant Schimitar- alot of it is fibreglass

[mini_mad69]

Minus ?

[Cooperman]

All 60's and 70's cars rust. The Mini was no worse than most and a lot better than some. You see very few Cortina Mk 1's around now as they have all 'crumbled away'. The worst car I can think of was the Alfa-Romeo Alfetta of the late 70's. They were rusty as they left the dealer's showroom! Lancias were bad, Citroens were poor, Vauxhalls improved after about 1962 as the original Victor was just a rust-bucket.
In fact, we are lucky with our Minis as replacement panels are easy and cheap to buy and easy to fit. I saw an original rear quarter panel for a Mk 1 Cortina and it sold for something like £1500 recently. For some classics of the Mini era you simply can't get any body panels at all.

[rich1889]

ill look on the bright side then lol

[Bungle]

some old cars hardly rust at all




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[Burnard]

This is a lancia

[mini-man-dan]

Relaint Robin? If that can be called a classic... If not, then Reliant Regal Van, Trotter style!

Any steel car will rust, classics especially because they have been hit by 20 or more years of English weather. I know I certainly would be a bit rusty if I was left out for that long

Dan

Edited by mini-man-dan, 04 February 2011 - 04:38 PM.

[charie t]

Trabant, its made from rubbish so you can't get any worse
And there are loads of tuning options
http://badboyvettes....abant10full.jpg

Edited by charie t, 04 February 2011 - 05:15 PM.

[MateyTheMini]

Well, i've resprayed my mini since May 2010, and since then it still hasn't rusted and theres still not a spot of rust on the car... so it depends where you keep it i guess, like by the sea sides it could have more of a chance to rust than in a garage

[rich1889]

My mate resprayed his mini only 3-4months back and its rusting already, and it’s in Coventry no worries about being near the sea lol

[Cooperman]

Waxoyl, Waxoyl and then some more Waxoyl. Repeat every 6 months.
It is not unusual (as Welsh Tom might say) to use 10 litres of the stuff to do the initial protection, then 5 litres every 6 months.
I have wonderd about using that expanding foam (Speed-Camera Foam, as the Dutch call it) in the sills and up the A post cavity, plus under the rear bin liners, to keep the moisture out. The thing that worries me is where to drill sufficient holes to allow the excess foam to squirt out as it sets and expands. If it couldn't expand easily it might deform the structure. Has anyone else considered this as a means of keeping the wet out and, at the same time, maybe stiffening up the overall structure?

[Carlos W]

My mate resprayed his mini only 3-4months back and its rusting already, and it’s in Coventry no worries about being near the sea lol

This may be to do with the quality of the re spray or prep work!

[charie t]

I have wonderd about using that expanding foam (Speed-Camera Foam, as the Dutch call it) in the sills and up the A post cavity, plus under the rear bin liners, to keep the moisture out. The thing that worries me is where to drill sufficient holes to allow the excess foam to squirt out as it sets and expands. If it couldn't expand easily it might deform the structure. Has anyone else considered this as a means of keeping the wet out and, at the same time, maybe stiffening up the overall structure?

Sounds like a great big water trap to me

[Bungle]

This is a lancia

and only a few years old by the look of it