I've had a similar experience with the wood on my "52. Many of the little
nails that attach the sheet metal to the wood had rusted to the point that
they where loose or simply fell out. The wood itself was intact, in fact I
believe it must have hardened over the years! I could not drive new nails
into that wood! I landed up replacing the bad nails with small screws.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@home.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Krueger" <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
To: "Peter Thiel" <pthiel@QuixNet.net>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: wood condition
> FYI, this morning I sold a 52TD that had sat in a salty environment for 35
years.
> Lots of damage from rust worm but the tub wood was a solid as could be.
>
> Bud Krueger
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