68'barracuda
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Hi I have a 1968 barracuda of that is my daily driver and with this cold weather and ice starting to build up and they're salting the roads is there any good way to protect my driver that has absolutely 00000 rust?
X2 the new salt brine that everybody uses nowdays will eat your old car alive.
Yes, buy another car for winter.
My problem is it's my only driver but I'll try to wash it every day
I'm tellin you you need to rethink this. You can easily do far more damage to your car in one winter than a beater "work car" would cost you
But work is only about 1 mile from my drive way but just trying to prevent it
My problem is it's my only driver but I'll try to wash it every day
But work is only about 1 mile from my drive way but just trying to prevent any rust
One other thing I remembered was my next door neighbor 70' Duster. It was just a regulation daily driver, but she had no floor mats and after about 6yrs, the driver side floor pan was absolutely toast. The car didn't leak, so I assumed that dragging in her boots with salt on them, helped to rot it from the inside out. Salt was everywhere back then.....driveways, sidewalks, you name it.
but I also live in Texas so it's not too often that this happensDON'T DO IT!!!!!
Trust me, I grew up in upstate New York. They don't call it the RUST BUCKET for nothing. Would you dump acid on your skin? Don't let salt on your Cuda.
I have a 69 Cuda project that was a New York car :banghead: and the quarters, inner and out rockers, trunk, floor, rear valance etc. etc. have all been or are still in need of patch panels/rust repair.
FIND AN OLD PLYMOUTH HORIZON... OR SOMETHING.
TAKE A BUS!!! RIDE THE TRAIN!!! PLEASE!
My 2002 Durango, which spent the first years of it's life in salt every winter is a perfect example. Everytime I close the front passenger door, flakes of rust end up on the running board. If I close the rear gate to hard, flakes of rust on the ground. And on and on I could go.:violent1:
For the love of God..... Really? This guy can't be for real. I smell a troll.
Here you go, I did the work for you.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/cto/4171331192.html
Buy it, drive it in the winter, let it rust out, toss it out when it stops running.
OR WALK, it only a mile.
Maybe you should go ask your dad what you should do.
My problem is my paycheck goes stright to the parts store.