Bonnewagon

[pontiacgp]

Mark, you drive your wagon all year round and it looks to be great shape. What do you do to keep the car looking so good. Do they not use salt on the roads in your area? I liked driving a G body in the winter, weight in the trunk with posi and good snow tires that car would go just about anywhere

 

[oldtinsmith]

Mark, you drive your wagon all year round and it looks to be great shape. What do you do to keep the car looking so good. Do they not use salt on the roads in your area? I liked driving a G body in the winter, weight in the trunk with posi and good snow tires that car would go just about anywhere

X2 from me!

Doug

 

[Bonnewagon]

Thank's Steve and Doug. Well, it's not as nice as you think it is, it really needs paint. But the 93 year old guy I bought it from bought it new and took great care of it. My mailman pall remembers when he bought it and said it was garaged for most of it's life. I pestered him for 5 years to sell it to me. He had it repainted at some point but it still is weathered and that paint job is crappy looking now. In reality, I had plenty of rot spots to repair under the rear wheelwells, and the passenger side floor was shot. I used this project as an excuse to by a Lincoln MIG welder and I got a LOT of practice on this car. The interior was clean and only needed a headliner and converting to a manual trans was a no-brainer. I still need a decent paint job, but life is kicking me in the nuts lately what with Kids and hurricanes but I will get around to it eventually. The best thing I did was POR-15 and undercoat the whole bottom, and the inside floors, and the gas tank. Even the rear axle got that treatment. So far, no more rust, thankfully, as I fully intended to use this car year round. As Steve said, posi and snow tires is all I need to get around.

 

[pontiacgp]

I always like to see a car used for the purpose it was made. I'll never have that perfect car you see at shows where they trailer the car to the event. The POR 15 that you used is good stuff and others who drive their G body in the winter might want to consider that. Do they use much or any road salt were you are Mark? I think the car companies send out their own salt trucks cause they use tons of it here.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Oh yes, mountains of it. In fact so much it turns the roads white with salt dust. What I really hate is that smooshy sh*t you get hanging from your rear quarters. I hose the car down whenever I can.

 

[pontiacgp]

If the guys from western Canada pipe in I think they use rock and sand out there. The chemicals in the salt really messes with the ground water and farmer's fields.

 

[Danginharl]

If the guys from western Canada pipe in I think they use rock and sand out there. The chemicals in the salt really messes with the ground water and farmer's fields.

Here in southern Alberta, depending on the temperature an weather, they use a combination of liquid form of ice melt, salt and sand on the roads. It is terrible for any vehicle. It's almost guaranteed that any g-body that has spent time on our winter roads will need the rear frame repaired or replaced.

 

[pontiacgp]

I was mistaken then....where are the tree huggers when it comes to that salt they spread...

if you take Mark's idea that POR 15 is great if it applied properly

 

[-83MONTESS-]

if you take Mark's idea that POR 15 is great if it applied properly

x2 but make sure you get the POR15 cleaning solvent also.....learned that the hard way.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

I'm another advocate of POR15/KBS/RustBullet. As a matter of fact, the only reason I took my GP down to the frame is because I've had a few g-bodies with rotten frames in the past. We get salted pretty bad here too.