question about 'garage finds'

[orionmojo]

why are some of them in need of panels, engines and trim after being in a lockup for 20 years and some of them need a wash and an oil change

 

 

it might be a silly question, but i havent a clue. some of them come out rotten and some are perfectly preserved.

 

is there an answer?

[negri]

it may depend on the condition they were in when the got locked up

 

also depends on how air/water tight the lockup is

[orionmojo]

yeah, i had kinda thought of that, but it seems odd to me about how much of a range there is

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

I know exactly what you mean mate.

 

My old Mk1 Capri had a really ropey front end and rear arches. That had been in a garage for about 5 years. But from one extreme to another, my Anglia which I have just saved & bought back to life, has been sitting in a garage locally for exactly 20 years!

 

She has hardly any rust, but has some small dents here and there. That was down to a garage roof collapsing on her about 10/15 years ago!!!

 

Here she is:

 

[negri]

15 - 30 years can take its toll .

 

wether its a car or not . leave something for that amount of time and there wont be much left if not kept dry ect.

[orionmojo]

thats what i mean jimbob- and yours went through an MOT this morning, weeks after it was brought out of hibenation.

 

look at this cortina mk2, dry stored for 27 years! it was about 9 or 10 years old when it went into hibernation

 

 

 

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I think it's down to three things:

 

1. The condition of the car when it's parked up. ie: Clean with no mud stuck under the arches.

 

2. Where it's parked. Does it leak? Does it get condensation etc?

 

3. The type of car.

 

I had a 42,000 mile 107E Prefect which was parked in a garage between 1976 and around 2001. Prefects have battleship grade steel, and every panel on it was solid. The garage leaked though in one place above the boot, so looking at the pictures of the rear the rear panels and boot lid had surface rust. All it needed was one patch below the petrol tank around a drain plug.

[deluxe]

there is a 105E and an F-600 in my mum's garage. Both of them have surface rust on the roof and bot/bonnet lids but nowhere esle. The anglias engine has seized though. Think they would have been saved if they had been cleaned and polished regurlarly

[Gareth]

My Dad owns a Jensen thats been stood since the late '70's

 

it was stored in a shack on a pig farm with no o/s door fitted 'til '87,

which is when my Dad bought it, then it was stood in the open for abour 10 years until my Dad built the garage it sits in.

 

now, thats solid, I see other cars (especially fords )

and if they've been stood anywhere near that long they're usually rotten as pears.

 

I dont think being stood does OSFs any favours to say the least.

[atomic punk]

 

now, thats solid, I see other cars (especially fords )

and if they've been stood anywhere near that long they're usually rotten as pears.

 

I dont think being stood does OSFs any favours to say the least.

 

Even being used they still go bad my Escort had been standing in a garage for a few years before I got it and needed a bit of minor patching, but was presentable. After 4 years use there's surface rust all over it cos of the sea air I think the paint must go porous with age

[bashmk1]

i parked mine outside tesco once and when i came back them osf wing had rusted, just goes to show how quick they can go.

[MadMark2]

I bought my RS2000 from a guy who had kept it on a mates farm for 18 years !!! it was in a "open fronted" barn, appart from nearly 20years of dust it was well solid (see in my pictures)

it had had some bodywork and paint before going into the barn , all i had to do was clean it and bolt it all back together !!

 

Barn find number 2 (and current project) was only stood around for about 4/5 years that needs sum welding and a front panel. There only required because that was what it was like when it went in....

 

roll on number 3

[BIGKEV]

i parked mine outside tesco once and when i came back them osf wing had rusted, just goes to show how quick they can go.

 

PMSL!

[sporty-corty16v]

I once brought a opel kaddett gte blind out of the paper the ad said been stored for last 10 years when i got there it had been used for storage 10 years ............still brought it 2 wings and new fuel lines later was great until it caught fire cos the fuel tank had split at the seam combined with a stray ciggy..BOOM!

[105Nick]

I went to get some grease out my brothers shed where my escy is stood, but always peel the blankets off my dads old bubble car, it was laid up when they had the extension built on the house when I was born, had a respray as the winter outside did the paint no favours and its been tucked away ever since, and it looks stunning. Just cant wait to get the Anglia done to get at that...

 

Its not just if the garage leaks remember, but the concrete floors sometimes let damp up underneath. My brothers escort was left in a

makeshift corregated tin shed, and that needed a bit of work done as the damp came up from underneath and then it couldn't air out, so sometimes a car will be better preserved if left outside under a sheet, as it keeps the wet off, and lets it air out too. Humidity is one of the worst problems, not just rain. Thats why they do them carcoons for in the garage, to keep the air just right to prevent rot.