quote:Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
These are all great suggestions and I am not arguing with anyone or against them,
The term "best" was asked.
In my opinion the best is what Ford did to the production line Mustangs from 1965 on.
1)The exterior rocker panels were heavily galvanized 2)The boxed chassis was vat dipped in electrostatic enamel primer.
In many cases after more then 40 years, it is still in place.
Where corrosion has occured is in places on the car that were never treated to this process.
On the Mustangs there is nothing but this primer as the final finish under the car.
When I got married years ago I bought my wife a clean run around car....Little 4 door Japanese car and I cannot even remember the brand.
At one point I put a big gouge in the rear fender from a tool or something. It was a bout an inch long and dug into the metal. I always said I needed to paint it so it would not rust. We had the car for years and not only was there not a drop of rust on the car but even the bare metal gouge was clean as if it was freshly gouged.
I know there were a few years the iron ore was so bad in MGB steel they rusted form the inside out and there was nothing you could do to stop it.