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Originally Posted by Graham
Back in Oct 2012, I started this thread.
At that time, I was thinking I should sell my 300D as-is for whatever I could get. But the thread developed a life of it's own. I spent quite a few $$$. But the car IS back on road as my daily driver and in a lot better shape than in Oct 2012!
Current challenges:
After sitting for 3 months, the brakes are very rough. I guess I better pull the wheels and have a look (But we have SH---Y weather at present.)
I had painted all the wheel well rims with POR and then with white automotive paint. But once again there are rust stains. Must be the sharp edge that doesn't get properly protected. Need some sort of fix.
Driver side rear fender once again has small rust bubbling - I have fixed this multiple times and the bubbling keeps coming back  Probably need to be sand blasted?
I never replaced the rear trailing arms, but I think they are good for a while yet.
Regardless, I drive the old 300D every day. She is mechanically great and I use it in preference to our other cars. |
if you are gonna use it daily in your climate, rust will be a regular maintenance item, like oil changes. ive got the same thing going on with my 240. its possible to keep it in good shape and drive it in rust environments, but periodic repair is gonna be endless.
however, no one know better on that than you after your rust journey, so honestly, if it were me and i loved driving the car, id consider a color change so i wouldnt notice things so fast. of course white makes it possible to see condition issues immediately, but burgandy or some other dark color would hide things a bit better so you dont obsess as bad.
ive done tons of rust repair on both my silver 240, and my wifes dark purple 300TD. i obsess about he rust marks on the 240, and rarely notice the fsr worse rust problems on the wifes wagon, which needs front and rear extensive fender repair