Re: [FWDLK] 58 Mopar rust problem? Fact, Fiction, or just way overstated?

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In a message dated 1/30/00 2:47:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
MOPAR-MAN@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<<  I was a senior in high school when the '57s came out and from my
 understanding, it was that specific model year that had most of the problems
 due to the fact that Chrysler rushed the production for that year.  My good
 friend's father worked for Chrysler and his '57 Plymouth began falling apart
 and rusting in about a year. >>

I had a '57 Fury in '57 and the above statement is true.  The car started
having problems with rust about a year and a half after I bought it.  Or
should I say my Dad bought it for me.  The saving grace for the trunk and the
floors was that my brother in law was the service manager for A-Z Motors, the
Chrysler-Plymouth dealership the car was purchased from in Hoboken, N.J. and
he had extra undercoating put on the bottom of the the car.  He also had
small holes drilled into the rockers and rear quarters, but it was to late as
that was done about a year after the car was purchased.  It went through one
New Jersey winter.  That was enough to start the process.  When I sold the
car in 1961 I had reapired the rear quarters (bondo'd) and replaced the
rockers.  I also had the fender brows repaired.
This is my second round on this subject.  And last.
John Paxos
'57 Fury (that doesn't see rain, snow or salt and still in New Jersey)