Rate my bircage rust!
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Rate my bircage rust!
Hello all,
I would like some help... life is running faster than my vette right now, so she's going on the market, but since I made a misinformed purchase all those years ago, I'm planning on selling it as a parts car - mostly due to frame damage, but I wonder about the bird cage
I think it's not good... but I'd like some opinions. Thanks to you all for your help!
Driver's:
Passenger's:
I would like some help... life is running faster than my vette right now, so she's going on the market, but since I made a misinformed purchase all those years ago, I'm planning on selling it as a parts car - mostly due to frame damage, but I wonder about the bird cage
I think it's not good... but I'd like some opinions. Thanks to you all for your help!
Driver's:
Passenger's:
Le Mans Master
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Looks like a lot of metal (strength) has come down from the cowl/lower windshield area, and it also looks like the lower section of the rocker and body mount is trying to separate from the pillar itself.
Just looking at it I feel it is safe to say the windshield frame, a-pillars, and rockers have been compromised. Overall I'd say not good, but I have seen worse, where there wasn't much left in the bolt pocket.
Poke at it and see how soft it is....maybe it's still solid there, even though up above it is obviously bad. And keep it in a dry location!
Just looking at it I feel it is safe to say the windshield frame, a-pillars, and rockers have been compromised. Overall I'd say not good, but I have seen worse, where there wasn't much left in the bolt pocket.
Poke at it and see how soft it is....maybe it's still solid there, even though up above it is obviously bad. And keep it in a dry location!
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but I wonder about the bird cage
Sometimes one or 2 areas may be rusted and the rest of the car is solid. my 73 had rusty frame and rocker channels but windshield frame and pillars were in great shape so it was worth saving.
Others are just parts cars. A thorough inspection is required for each one.
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Pretty bad at first glance, but I have also seen worse. The base portion of the A pillar is almost gone. Windshield surround and rockers need to be looked at. Birdcage parts can be bought at many of the parts houses, but if all these areas are bad forget it.
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Yep, I had already vacuumed out a bunch of rust chips from each of those pillars... I'll see what else I can coax out of there tonight.
I figured out this was basically a driving parts-car years ago, but decided to get as much enjoyment out of a bad situation as I could... you know, to take the sting out of the resale price hit I'm about to take.
Thanks for your replies!
I figured out this was basically a driving parts-car years ago, but decided to get as much enjoyment out of a bad situation as I could... you know, to take the sting out of the resale price hit I'm about to take.
Thanks for your replies!
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Hi LS7V,
You can make an assessment from the dash board side but won't know the whole truth until the front clip is off and the windshield is out so you can examine carefully from that side.
Regards,
Alan
You can make an assessment from the dash board side but won't know the whole truth until the front clip is off and the windshield is out so you can examine carefully from that side.
Regards,
Alan
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Even WORSE
So I took a screwdriver to the driver's side pillar, and after vacuuming out what seemed like tons of sheet metal... here's what's left:
Brutal
Still not as big as the hole in the floorpan below it...
Brutal
Still not as big as the hole in the floorpan below it...
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Birdcage = bad.
Floor = fixable:
Birdcage could be repaired if you fancy a project, but unless you love the car more than life itself or can do it yourself, costs will be unjustifiable.
Floor = fixable:
Birdcage could be repaired if you fancy a project, but unless you love the car more than life itself or can do it yourself, costs will be unjustifiable.
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Is that the frame I can see in these two pics?
