I get my vehicles totally sprayed with Krown Rust Check, prevents or slows
down corrosion. Yearly routine.
Jim knox, 91 Dak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: DML: RE: winter beaters
>
> Oh my gosh, amazing pic jon....whoa...does that eat up your car?
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> jon@dakota-truck.net
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:05 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: winter beaters
>
>
> Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> : sean bruckman wrote:
> :> I would check with the DOT in your area to see what
> :> kind of salt they use. In my limited understanding,
> :> what you see on the road can tell part of the story.
> :> Clearly if there are white stains on the road surface
> :> along with big white crystals, you have salt.
>
> : Heh - yeah - we use pure salt. Two days after a snow storm, you can go
> : out to the road and chisle some of the ground up and put it in your
> : dinner table salt shakers.
>
> : Hell with just the little bit of snow we got here now, maybe two - three
> : inches at absolute most... the Ram looked like it had been dunked in
> : powedered sugar, it was so white from salt.
>
>
> You mean like this? :-)
>
> http://www.dakota-truck.net/meet/TORONTO02/jn20.jpg
>
> (For those of you who don't know - my Dakota is black... usually.)
>
> Heck, we can't even plant evergreens beside the road because
> the snow plows throw salt on 'em and burn them. If you drive
> through this area, you'll see all sorts of arborvitae and shrubs
> near the road where a good portion of one side is brown, but only
> on the road side. Got salt? ;-)
>
> What would be neat is if there were some sort of goo you could
> spray on the vehicle and it would sort've harden up a bit and
> create a protective barrier between the car and the salt. It would
> have to be impervious to water of course, except for when springtime
> comes when you spray some sort of release agent on it and then
> rinse it off. All without harming the clear coat, oh and it should
> also leave a shiny coat of wax behind, and you can collect the
> runoff and burn it as fuel in your gas tank. Is that really asking
> so much? C'mon, throw me a frickin' bone here, people!
>
>
>
> : Someone mentioned that they wash their truck in the winter... good
> : idea.. but I think the money I would save on so many frequent no-touch
> : car washes at the local gas station... would pay for a beater.
>
>
> Agreed. In order for that to do any good, you would literally
> have to wash down the truck every single day. (Well, every day
> that you drove it that is.)
>
>
> : Guy at
> : work just bought an older Toyota Celica, stick shift, black, high miles
> : - but in wonderful shape otherwise.. for $700!! EVERYONE seemes to be
> : able to get great deals on cars and trucks except me. If I had a dime
> : for every time I heard about someone getting a great deal on a car ...
> : that maybe needed a little fixup work.. I could buy a damned brand new
> : truck!
>
>
> I know the feeling. :-) Seems like everyone I run into has a
> "found a car in a barn" story. ;-) I guess its one of those
> "gotta be in the right place at the right time" kinda deals. I
> do actually see a fair number of brand X cars beside the road with
> signs on them that say "$300" or "$500", but nothing that interested
> me enough to actually stop and look further. Another part of the
> problem is that for cheaper cars like that, people probably don't
> bother to put an ad in the paper or anything; the classified would
> cost more than they're asking for the car. They'd just stick it out
> by the road and see what happens. So who knows, you might want to
> take the scenic route home from work every so often, and maybe
> you'll get lucky?
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
> .-- Jon Steiger ---- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com --.
> | 67 Coronet, 70 Cuda, 90 Dakota 'vert, 92 Ram 4x4, 96 Dakota |
> | 96 Intruder 1400, 96 Kolb FireFly, 99 Cherokee, 01 Ram 3500 CTD |
> `------------------------------------ http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
>
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