Originally Posted by ashedd

So today I went to the bucs(Star type) and on the way out with my soy cinnamon dolce frappachino I notice something hanging off my SD...

Part of the rocker panel has come off the car and is hanging by a bit of undercoat spray I put on there two years ago. So naturally I pull the "part"(mostly a glob of rust) off and toss it aside.

So my SD has actually come to the point where it's officially "falling apart". It has spent it's entire life in the midwest and looks like the rust was fixed years ago. Both doors on the drivers side have large rust holes under the cladding(never had the pass side off). Rockers on both sides are shot, jack points are all but unusable. Large rear wheel well "chunks" missing. Two holes is pass floor and the "frame" rails behind the front wheels are both rusting through. Both original fenders came apart and on the left side I lost the cladding on the highway 2 years ago. I have since put nice rust free fenders on it. The hood is nice, being aluminium, but was painted along with the fenders with a paint brush... I paid a guy off CL to paint the front.. he claimed to be a professional. $100 later and I have Ford Taurus silver brushed on. Bundts are black and pitted, spare is new with a euro metric tire, also new.. maybe it's original?

Seats are shot, covered in sheep skins, dash has a cover on it(never looked underneath), wood is cracked, odometer stopped working at 422,922 miles. Rear springs actually rusted in to peices.. I have pics. I put 100k mile springs in there and solved the sagging. paint is falling off the trunk and its all gone from the roof. The sides actually do shine very well.. except the rust holes. I have not washed it in over a year... never waxed it.


What do you do with a car you love that is falling apart?