The picture above is already well over 20 years old
and taken about 8 months before the car returned back on the road early in the
summer of 1997. Fast forward to the present day and the car is definitely
starting to show it's age. Actually well over 10 years ago the first tiny signs
of rust appeared in the seam between the rear light panel and the right hand
rear wing started to appear. So far I have tried to prevent the rust from
spreading with an occasional squirt of waxoil. But as this picture shows I was
losing that battle:
Clearly more drastic measures were needed to stop the
rust from spreading. Time to get the tools out. And after about 15 minutes of
scraping and chiselling at the affected area the extend of the rust became
clear:
Could have been worse! I could have gone for a nice
and clean finish, but that would have taken many hours of work. And as the
paint in the affected area is also starting to fade I went for the quick and
dirty solution. Take a spray can with an epoxy based industrial rust converter
and treat the affected area with a few liberal layers.
It won't win any awards but it should hold on long
enough to prevent the rust from spreading before the car will get a full
re-spray somewhere in the future ...
Hopefully I will be able to use this car for a few more trips before the end of the month, and its mandatory three month hibernation, which starts on the 1st
of December.
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