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jazza
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Joined: 24 Jan 2002
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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 5:29 pm Post subject: not the rust!!!! |
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i want to start of saying that this is is awesome, but my gemini, a 1983 sedan is quite riddled with rust. It is mainly in the roof and in the area around the front wheel archers. Is this a common thing? does everyone elses geminis rust in the same spots? if noit, where do they rust?
i love to know so if im going to buy another then i can tell where to llok for the main areas of rust
cheers
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CuGem
backyard mechanic
Joined: 07 Oct 2001
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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starting at the front
around battery
under w.s. washer bottle
underneath front bumper bracket
ribs of bonnet
box sections under guards (just below windscreen pillar)
bottom of guards and the adjacent area of the sills
scuttle (panel where the w.s wipers come thru)
under blower box
front floor pans
bottom of doors
along pop-out window (wagons)
rear floor pan
rear quarter
beaver
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Benjamin
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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Depends where you are in OZ too. If you're near the coast these babies rust and corrode from the high salt content. I have come across Geminis further inland with little to no rust.
I have seen the rear doors go on the curve around the rear wheel arch, water can get trapped within the door. Also rear arches rust in sedans and coupes if C pillar vents leaking or if inner guard rusted. |
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MatMan
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Joined: 04 Oct 2001
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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Just amke sure you check absolutely everywhere  |
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Gene FJ20DET
hod rodder
Joined: 06 Oct 2001
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Location: brisbane
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2002 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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well when i did my gem, i striped it down to its bare shell and cut all the rust out which was basicly the whole fuckin car!! lol.
yes well its for sale now.
$6000-$7500 with the stereo
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gemie chick
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2002 12:26 am Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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| beneath the rear bumper and around the rear windscreen |
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Getafix
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2002 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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| rust??? i like to think of it as speed holes |
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MatMan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2002 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: not the rust!!!! |
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| Speed holes? Hmmm, maybe the Matt-mobile could use a few....... hehehe. |
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