how much rust is too much?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jcueckert13 · 06-01-2004, 10:13 PM

right now i am at a point where i need to get a truck for school in the fall and i figure rather than putting the money in to another truck i might as well put a rebuilt motor in my 70 gmc. i have been going over the cab looking for problem spots and i have found holes in the kick panels (each side where the kick panel meets the floor there is a hole about 1/2x3 inches) the pass side floor pan has a patch or rust about the size of a silver dollar, and also where the jack goes next to the gas tank is rusted out. and the drivers side has some small holes in the floor pan. there are also minor spots of rust on the cab corners, but what i would like to know is will any of this be a problem if i start using the truck as a daily driver?

*Randy70C-10* · 06-01-2004, 10:40 PM

That sounds like a cream puff out here in the rust belt. You should be ok for a couple years.

*Gee_Emm* · 06-01-2004, 10:47 PM

Yah quit bragging :p

*Randy70C-10* · 06-01-2004, 10:51 PM

No kidding. Out here, when we want to restore a truck we just look for the ones with the most metal left on them.

jcueckert13 · 06-01-2004, 11:50 PM

thank you for the second oppinion. i figured it would be ok at least for the next 2 years untill i get out of school and can rebuild the cab

mr402 · 06-02-2004, 12:07 AM

I would make certain that you don't have any exhaust leaks or find a way to temporarily plug the holes. You won't always smell the exhaust entering the cab.

CG · 06-02-2004, 12:51 AM

self channeling truck...cool

1971 Cheyenne · 06-02-2004, 09:21 AM

I'd wire brush the rusty areas and coat in a POR 15 type covering. That will conain the rust until you can get to it in a few years...

junkyardjohn · 06-02-2004, 01:24 PM

I LIVED IN MICHIGAN FOR 35 YEARS, I USED TO SAY THAT ON A CLEAR NIGHT YOU COULD HERE THE CORN GROW .. & THE CARS RUST. AFTER YOU DO ONE OR TWO RUSTFREE TRUCKS, YOU WON'T MESS WITH THAT BROWN STUFF EVER AGAIN.

JOHN

06-01-2004, 10:13 PM	#1
jcueckert13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Edgewood New Mexico Posts: 2,088	how much rust is too much?? right now i am at a point where i need to get a truck for school in the fall and i figure rather than putting the money in to another truck i might as well put a rebuilt motor in my 70 gmc. i have been going over the cab looking for problem spots and i have found holes in the kick panels (each side where the kick panel meets the floor there is a hole about 1/2x3 inches) the pass side floor pan has a patch or rust about the size of a silver dollar, and also where the jack goes next to the gas tank is rusted out. and the drivers side has some small holes in the floor pan. there are also minor spots of rust on the cab corners, but what i would like to know is will any of this be a problem if i start using the truck as a daily driver? __________________ 1990 subaru legcy (daily driver) 1987 Toyota 4runner (weekend toy) 1968 C30 flatbed dually 1970 C10 longbed stepside (in pieces) 1976 Dodge Dart 1963 Dodge Dart

06-01-2004, 11:50 PM	#5
jcueckert13 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Edgewood New Mexico Posts: 2,088	thank you for the second oppinion. i figured it would be ok at least for the next 2 years untill i get out of school and can rebuild the cab __________________ 1990 subaru legcy (daily driver) 1987 Toyota 4runner (weekend toy) 1968 C30 flatbed dually 1970 C10 longbed stepside (in pieces) 1976 Dodge Dart 1963 Dodge Dart

06-02-2004, 09:21 AM	#8
1971 Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,480	I'd wire brush the rusty areas and coat in a POR 15 type covering. That will conain the rust until you can get to it in a few years... __________________ Brian Pal 1971 Cheyenne 10 454/th400-Undergoing a full frame off resto. 1972 Chevy short/step 2wd, 350/th350 1983 M1009 CUCV Military K5 Blazer 1981 Dodge 1 ton 4x4 dually flatbed

06-02-2004, 01:24 PM	#9
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	I LIVED IN MICHIGAN FOR 35 YEARS, I USED TO SAY THAT ON A CLEAR NIGHT YOU COULD HERE THE CORN GROW .. & THE CARS RUST. AFTER YOU DO ONE OR TWO RUSTFREE TRUCKS, YOU WON'T MESS WITH THAT BROWN STUFF EVER AGAIN. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

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06-01-2004, 10:40 PM	#2
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	That sounds like a cream puff out here in the rust belt. You should be ok for a couple years.

06-01-2004, 10:47 PM	#3
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Yah quit bragging :p

06-01-2004, 10:51 PM	#4
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	No kidding. Out here, when we want to restore a truck we just look for the ones with the most metal left on them.

06-02-2004, 12:07 AM	#6
mr402 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Elmira, Oregon Posts: 449	I would make certain that you don't have any exhaust leaks or find a way to temporarily plug the holes. You won't always smell the exhaust entering the cab.

06-02-2004, 12:51 AM	#7
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,035	self channeling truck...cool



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