All aspects of the machine are matters for concern, grasshopper. Each must be addressed in kind for one to attain vehicular oneness. Your eagerness to do shitties at stop lights is blinding you from seeing the path to transportation enlightenment.
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All aspects of the machine are matters for concern, grasshopper. Each must be addressed in kind for one to attain vehicular oneness. Your eagerness to do shitties at stop lights is blinding you from seeing the path to transportation enlightenment.
That area didn't get that way from natural weathering, ya mook...patina and poor maintenance/lack of care are not synonymous.
Speaking of natural weathering, I once worked with a kid who had a mid '90s VW Golf that had an unnatural amount of splotchy surface rust on it. I thought he had bought the car in need of paint and it just got rusty while riding the back burner. After talking to him about it, it turned out it was intentional, he had attacked the car with a DA, but the splotchy rust was just a little weird. A little more talking and he revealed that he had been applying a "secret sauce" to achieve that rust. His "secret sauce" was him and his buddies had been pissing on the car to make it rust. It was at that moment I fully understood why there were never any ladies in his orbit.
Speaking of natural weathering, I once worked with a kid who had a mid '90s VW Golf that had an unnatural amount of splotchy surface rust on it. I thought he had bought the car in need of paint and it just got rusty while riding the back burner. After talking to him about it, it turned out it was intentional, he had attacked the car with a DA, but the splotchy rust was just a little weird. A little more talking and he revealed that he had been applying a "secret sauce" to achieve that rust. His "secret sauce" was him and his buddies had been pissing on the car to make it rust. It was at that moment I fully understood why there were never any ladies in his orbit.
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Not the first I've heard of this, unfortunately.
For what it's worth , there is a cool bridge in Wyoming that has never had paint and I doubt the Army contractors had 50 guys pissing on the finished product .
It was built in 1875 , a year before Custer got his ass handed to him at little Bighorn .
There are actually steels designed to use surface corrosion as a protective coating, I believe it's called weathering steel, trade name CORTEN.
@lBasket No, your MR2's quarter panels are not made from this material. Dream on.
There are actually steels designed to use surface corrosion as a protective coating, I believe it's called weathering steel, trade name CORTEN.
@lBasket No, your MR2's quarter panels are not made from this material. Dream on.
This bridge wasn't even built using steel . just very old school iron. It seems old school iron and steel held up to corrosion better than newer alloy steels.
My yard art 36 International has been the same since I traded a Chevy Blazer receiver hitch for it in 1982.
Indeed, back then iron was king and alloys like we have to day likely couldn't be imagined by most. We also tended to overbuild things back then as well...and we built things to last. Quite the opposite nowadays, we engineer things to fail for the sake of profit.
If you lived here, that would likely be gone. You are fortunate in that aspect.
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So you could probably use DEF and get the same results.
Old steel vs new steel, old steel softer and thicker "old iron" = less prone to failure from corrosion vs new thinner harder steel alloys that are more prone to rapid rust???
Just my observational input coming from comparing the old 1970s WABCO Haul Pack 170s (high-strength, low-alloy steel) to the more modern Cat 785s from the 90s (high-strength, mild steel)???? The WABCO frames rarely cracked, and when they did the repairs lasted much longer without issues, the Cats frame crack repairs were much more prone to re-cracking next to the weld... A metallurgist I am not...
I actually have somewhat of an answer for why the old sheet metal last like it does; nickel. The old metal that was used for stamping by companies like Ford had a significant amount of nickel in it. I've heard old guys say you could buff and polish a raw '30s Ford to a near chrome-like sheen. I've seen few over the years that look like that. I don't know when nickel was reduced in sheet metal, but cast iron engine blocks also had a higher level of nickel up into the late 60s.
Most people just use white vinegar. Have you noticed recent building facades being rusty metal, like Taco Bells? I talked to a commercial developer when all of that was still in the pipe and he told me they got some raw material and just started spraying different concentrations of vinegar until they got what they wanted. In the field he said it was as simple as spray it, wait, neutralize it, done.
re structures intended to rust: "sacrificial thickness" is the basic idea. You know how much material is needed for strength, and you know how quickly it corrodes in the service environment, and you have a designed lifespan. Required thickness = thickness for strength + corrosion rate x service life.
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Drifting, to the extent of what "drifting" has come to be, has never really done anything for me. Yes, I absolutely agree that it takes skill, but I still don't get it. Same with "burnout" contests. But to each their own, right? That's why I can say that I like cars without hoods, and done properly, I'm fine with "fake patina". I also prefer weathered paint to an illustrious shine. But again, that's just my own preference.
What is good about real car guys is , they can appreciate another car guys take on something , with out even liking the concept in their own opinion .
We all have our likes and dislikes . Some things are so cool that most of us agree about it. There is some kind of draw to something that isn't stock , however at times stock is the thing to be appreciated .
Vintage heavy haul trucks , doing more with less. And one mid 20th century shot .
Indeed. Now a good and proper four wheel drift, well, that's the secret sauce...that's where the magic happens...
