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Rembrant
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Living in the land of rust...

Rembrant
I was on the road all day with work so I decided to drop by the junkyard on the way home to go for a walk and stretch my legs. I happened to walk by this Dodge pickup and had to take a picture of the condition lol. I’ve seen newer trucks than this one in there. Any wonder I can’t find any Bullnose parts around here...lol.


1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

salans7
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salans7
It's newer than my newest truck.
Rembrant
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Rembrant
salans7 wrote
It's newer than my newest truck.
Ha, I'm sure it is.

This one is an extreme example, but it's not that uncommon to see them like this. This one may have been used at a commercial fish or lobster plant and had salt water on it all the time, or maybe it had salt spreader on it, but either way, it's pretty bad lol.
1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Gary Lewis
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Gary Lewis
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Man, that is AWFUL!  
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

grumpin
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grumpin
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salans7 wrote
It's newer than my newest truck.
Exactly what I thought!
Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona
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salans7
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Rembrant wrote
This one is an extreme example, but it's not that uncommon to see them like this. This one may have been used at a commercial fish or lobster plant and had salt water on it all the time, or maybe it had salt spreader on it, but either way, it's pretty bad lol.
Here in Florida you'll see this on pool cleaning trucks. Poor little mid-size trucks just pouring rust out of the back due to the chemicals. The front of the trucks are completely spotless, but the rear halves look like they were dipped in a pool of salt.
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ArdWrknTrk
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Exactly my thought.  

I wonder if you couldn't get a polybed, or CRES option for salt trucks?
I'm sure DOT around here used to install anodes and electric rust preventers on their fleet.
Now they are using mostly magnesium brine because it doesn't get flung against cars, causing scratches.

Shaun, it's all the oxidative effect of chlorine.
Sodium chloride up here, sodium hypochlorite down there.
 Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.
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