When is it too much rust?

[jku72]

You Washington and western guys are spoiled. Thats NOT rust!!!!!!
Next time your in New England, check out some real rust.
That truck is an easy resto.

[tantrumpipeline]

Originally Posted by jku72

You Washington and western guys are spoiled. Thats NOT rust!!!!!!
Next time your in New England, check out some real rust.
That truck is an easy resto.

try northern alberta, where the roads are heavily salted 6months of the year, that trucks rough but not rotten, here they seem to miss that stage and gostraight to extreme rot. I'd say it really depends on your skills welding, investment plans, and overall patience. Myself personally the point of no return is when you find cheaper better shape parts or you find spots that are notorious for further issues, window frame rot, PO repaired parts with excessive bondo loading etc, you have good plans, have fun with it. My build is somewhat of a low budget build and my biggest issue to date is patience and deciding this very thing, so far the rot is being replaced, rather take more time to complete than do a half ass job and end up needing to restore again in the near future.

[Hottrucks]

I would open all the doors and power wash it from the top down...I would restore that in a heart beat...do'nt even worry about that bed floor....I would even pull the bed before I washed it...i think you have alot better truck than you might think minus the surface rust


Hell I would even wash the hole thing down with CLR and a scotch brite slap a set of headights in it get it running and run the crap out of the pantina maybe even find a set of bling wheels off craigslist for cheap then start your build from there

Or your could send me your address and I'll send a truck to pick it up...


Oh by the way welcome to the madness!!

[Jdeere16]

The biggest question you need to ask yourself is how long do you plan on working on it. Sometimes you can get blinded by a free score, you get excited, tear it down and then you hit the "wall" after you realize how much work you really have to do. Another major decision is your skill level in metal fabrication, if you can't weld or don't plan on trying then get your pocket book out. Floors and rockers are the most common areas of rust, there are patch panels and even new panels available for almost every part of these trucks. So weigh your costs out and evaluate your patience level. Another option is to sand it down real quick, shoot some primer on it, and sell it. Then buy a cleaner staring point. It all comes down to time and money........

[gulffishin]

You're ok as long as you can find replacement parts for your rust. If you have rust above your windshield, or in your door post areas you're kinda screwed... They don't make replacement parts for those areas as far as I know.