RUST, part one: An in-depth discussion:

[C-10 simplex]

So, winter is coming. In light of this i'd like to discuss rust.


1) Is there anything or much you can do about preventing rust in a 73-91 truck?

a) small things?

b) more major things such as undercoating with rhino liner and such. i would actually seriously consider this.

2) Do you feel, based either on direct experience, or hunch, that a 91 blazer would be better at dealing with rust than a 73 blazer? And 87 pickup vs. a 73 pickup? vs. a 77 pickup?


3) If i'm not planning on doing any undercoating or anything else to the truck in regards to rust-proofing, would you recommend driving a virtually rust-free 83 truck this winter?

a) Will hosing off the underside after each drive (assuming it's above freezing) as soon as possible really prevent rust?

The reason i'm asking is because i feel this truck would make a good winter driver despite being "only" 2WD---because it has room for very large snow tires such as the Maxxis buckshot mudder or the Gateway buckshot(if you can still find them). i mean you'd be almost "unstuckable" with those.

If using this truck would not be advised, then i also have a compact FWD car, but i'm hesitant on that because i would like to rehab it(has 300K)---not enough time now. Also, it has rust issues which i don't want to further exacerbate.