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Originally Posted by Travlin
I'm in the process of stripping my (new) 58 for a restoration, and I'm becoming excedingly discuraged by the amount of rusted out panels I'm finding. Last night I found the rear subframe to be pretty well shot -- Much rust.
So my question is -- How much rust is too much? When does one decide that the car simply isn't restorable?
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I am in the same situation right know and I plan on just spending alot of time rebuilding the metal. I have rot on the sub frame in the rear and rocker panels are rotting and the front bumber mounts are rotting and the floor boards are in the process of rotting. My plan is to have it dipped in an akaline tank to remove all rust and paint. To do this you have to remove everything from the car. Anything left on the car that isn't steel will be gone when the process is done. Then when I've done this I hope to have accumalated all the metal that I can order. When I get it back I will have a rust free car to work on. Then I will fabricate everything that isn't ordered. The thing is I have a metal shop at my disposal and three hour lunch breaks every night.
What I do is just tell my self that if I don't then no one will and its another classic gone. Remember don't crush them send them to me. :)