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13th February 2023, 11:48 | #21 | |
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When I was an apprentice mechanic back in the early 70's it was my job to do the oil sprays, horrible filthy job but we used to do a ton of them, we used 80% oil, 20% paraffin. One old guy brought a new Volve 144 and insisted Volvo did nothing to the underside regarding underseal, I sprayed that car from when he had it, I think the colour was sun yellow, after I left my dad who was the foreman there told me the guy came back year on year and had it done, never a sign of rust. I also had the job of cleaning the overspray from paintwork too, we let them sit on a special area outside to let the excess drip off for a few hours before the customer took them away. Simple and effective solution to stop rust even starting. |
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13th February 2023, 15:05 | #22 |
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Hi Gary, no longer have the V8 sold it around August time last year and the V6 is sold too so no MG Rover cars in my ownership now
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13th February 2023, 21:27 | #23 | |
I really should get out more.......
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My father purchased a new Peujeot 504 Estate in the late 70's, the previous one he had was rusting badly on the bottom of every panel even though it was only 4 or 5 years old. He did exactly the same and sprayed an oil/parafin mix into every orifice and on the underside using a pump up sprayer and a large plastic sheet to catch all the excess that dripped off. I dont remember him repeating the process but after several years it was still looking good. The rust protection in those days was little more than to keep them looking good until the warranty expired. |
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23rd April 2024, 08:45 | #24 |
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Back for Sale on Ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235530095...Bk9SR9iQt6HhYw Wonder what it will fetch. looks ok. |
23rd April 2024, 09:54 | #25 |
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ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010
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Showing 6.9k (which is what he paid for it) with over four days remaining. According to the description he's put money into it, whether he gets that back
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