stainless body panels are too heavy to be used on autos. Allegheny Ludlum rebodied a few cars to showcase stainless for cars - 2 or 3 32 Ford Model A's , a Lincoln Continental and a Tbird. The Lincoln ended up weighing 8500 lbs, vs 6500 for the steel bodied one.
Pennyman1
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Delorean. Seemed like a great idea but expensive to make nowadays and a freaking nightmare to straighten (might not be as bad an aluminium hood on a GTR but I wouldn't want to find out...) They don't want cars that last 50 years, no money in it. Land Rover made alu bodied 4x4's but they didn't factor in electrolysis from the alu being mounted to a steel chassis. End result was nasty...
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and the DeLorean's were pigs because of the weight of the SS panels and the design expecting a more powerful motor that didn't happen.
Pennyman1
The best Dodge that Dodge never made
Living the D-50 lifestyle since 1980
they can make steel panels last as long as they want, but they won't.
Auto makers r in the business of making money = selling as many units as possible.
These old turds r only clogging up the streets n getting in their way
They have steel formulas down to a science.... as if the metal had a timer
Explorers for example; they make the roof rust/rot out n put a wear-prone timing chain at the back of the motor
Hella expensive to repair. That aint no accident
i restored a land rover last year.... dunno wtf i was thinkin, to even touch that pos job. Got it done tho, owner happy
while the door skins were aluminum, but crimped over steel door frames, that rusted horribly.
Had to change all 4 doors, fab window channels & power window hardware, etc... what a ride!
Car companies do dumb stuff all the time. Get a committee of accountants together and have them managed by non-car guys and engineers, you will end up with a major car manufacturer in no time.
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Dash is spot on.
I just cut a 92 camry for parts about 2 months ago. Unfortunately the car the straight metal went onto blew up too so now it's probably going to crusher. But both chassis were absolutely spotless. Toyota went all out in 92 because they wanted to gain serious entry to the big car market. 25 years in New England and they both were still rot free. By 97 they cut corners to lower production costs, and the rot started. I see way more 92-96 camry's around here than I do 97-01 which have all rotted and gone to the junkyard.towing camry.jpg
It will depend on where they sourced their steel from. Italian car makers got a bad rep for making rust buckets due to them using Russian steel. Uncle Dimitri offered them a 'good deal' but forgot to mention why the steel was cut price. Sometimes the car companies themselves are responsible for the problem - lousy production values. Ford "Rus-tank" with no paint under the dash chassis or bulk heads (an extra 45 seconds with a spray gun is too much to ask for in a $50k car...) Yep this thread has gone off course for long enough
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