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[T3] Anti-rust campaign report...


Hi all!
Just wanted to brag a little about my new baby, the -73 squareback. Decided
last sunday to go ahead with some conservatory work and pull off a oil
spraying job as described by Keith Park (excellent advice, by the way!), to
keep her in shape until a major restoration can be done.

Having loosed the rear fenders at the bottom, I had a sinking feeling in my
stomach when I bended them outwards and began looking for rust-o-rama with
my torchlight. Was hardly no rust at all! 
Just two holes the size of a dollar were the rear wheelhouses meets the heat
channel, and a tiny hole at the jackstand mount, on both sides. Then I have
a little patch job waiting up in the right front fender, above the fuel cap
pot. And of course that fender is bad, too. The other three fenders was in
fairly good condition. Just some sandblasting here and there and they will
do fine. After twentyeight years in coastal climat and well salted roads!
Amazing...
I had expected a lot more welding job! 

-God, I love this car!

(can be seen at the PO:s page:
http://www.plantphys.umu.se/~joanna/mine.html) 
 
Karl-Olov Sandin
 - happy as can be!

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