Bob,
I spent 8 years living in Rochester New York during the 70s. This was the
salt capital of the world. I would buy a new car every two years, because
by 3 years you had rust holes through the sheet metal....rust never sleeps.
Lance K. Lipscomb
in Rust free Atlanta
At 09:42 PM 4/11/98 -0500, Bob Nogueira wrote:
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>Okay all you Morgan owners in the snow covered climates, I owe you a apology
>. For some time now I have read ( and heard ) of you guys not driving
>because of the ' Salt ' on the roads. Now while mom always taught me not to
>say anything if I couldn't say something nice, she never told me I couldn't
>think it , so for some time now I have thought , ' what a pile of
>pantywaists afraid of a little cool weather and using salt as a excuse .'
>Well this past week I started fixing some of the wear from the Alaska
>trip ( like 68 stone chips and one dented wing ) Well shock of shocks
>when I found that some of the wing screws and chip areas under the wings
>had this red coating. In 18 years I can't' remember having a rusty bit on
>The Duchess. If a one month drive on salt covered roads can rust a new
>plated screw and nut, I hate to think what regular driving would do to a
>Morgan !
>So I sorry folks but please be assured I am doing penance ( I got 4 wings
>to sand down for a respray )
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>Bob Nogueira
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