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You know, like "there/their/they're" or in car ads "brakes/breaks". How about an Idalbreck manifult with a 4 barrow carbiriter and chrome valley covers? The there's the famous Camero, Cordova or Volairy.
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I don't understand what that Copart is selling? There's nothing that's any good on it. Odd part is it says it has been sold (WTF???)
 

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2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab

When you see trucks around here with add on aftermarket fender flares and stock wheels/tires, it's a dead giveaway it's most likely rotted out and they put the flares on to cover the jagged, rusty edges. Another "buyer beware" thing.




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I think that body style left mopar with rust holes pre installed at the factory.
 

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I had an 05 Ram, I'm pretty sure that it had the factory rust option.
I bought it before I new about the 4.7, I had a 4.6 For prior that got better mileage and pulled a trailer better than the Dodge. I put about 50k on it and down the road it went. The 4.7 was already making noise and I was thinking about building a 360 for it but I had no idea if the dash could be made to work.
 

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Dodge, Ford, Chevy, Toyota,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,doesn't much matter what make they are, the rust demon does not discriminate. As I mentioned once before, I've seen a 2016 Silverado in our shop with rust holes over the rear wheel openings already. Thank you very much Wisconsin DOT (sarcsm).
 

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Perfect candidates for long travel suspension, fiberglass fenders and a boxed rear end with 4 link suspension. Too bad pre runners aren’t more popular in the Midwest

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Yeah, I know. It's also Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, and some others too. Should add, besides rust not discriminating based on make, it's also an equal opportunity destroyer regardless if it's a car, truck, SUV, COV, van, bus.................... It'd be one thing if it was just the outer body but its not. It's brake lines, fuel lines, suspension hard parts, subframes, full frames, leaf spring mounts, body mounts, floors, steel oil pans,,,,,,,,,,,,,,basically anything that can rust on a vehicle. It's really awesome when a cast aluminum part corrodes away and comes apart not to mention wiring, wheels, on and on. All the salt and brine is to "keep the roads safe for winter driving". Yep, real safe when someones brake pedal goes to the floor because the lines rotted away or the front tire jams into the fender opening at 70 mph when the lower control rusts in two. Anyone who lives where rust isn't a huge issue, has no idea what we deal with around here. Hell, I can remember replacing exhaust manifolds on a State Patrol Crown Vic back in the early 2000's when they rotted through. It was barely 2 years old and was still under new car warranty. Sad..............................................Rant over now, thank you.
 

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If it was ONLY rock salt, which is bad enough but that brine solution they spray on bridges, ramps, curves and underpasses. That crap causes a whole other level of rust WAY beyond simple salt corrosion.
 

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We see New England cars here where people have moved down here and the car is totally shot and its 3 years old. I couldn't imagine working on one of those. The aluminium cars have to be the worst, like the Rolls/Bentley by the beaches where the windshields leak and when they pull the glass out they find the rot is so severe there is no longer a pinch weld flange to support the windshield and the glass weenie guy can't put the glass back in. Dr Shwartz's $300 water leak repair went to about $35,000 Those go up for sale really cheap
 

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Sometimes at work, we go through an entire cylinder of acetelene in a week and cylinder of O2 every couple weeks. When doing under car work, when you have to heat every single fastener red hot AND use a turbo socket on some of them because a 15mm hex is rusted into a 10mm circle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it gets frustrating, especially when the vehicle is only 3 or 4 years old. Gets expensive too, A cylinder of acetelene is about $90 currently. Ever see a rear twist beam axle rust in half and the tires goes to about 10 degrees negative camber? It's not a pretty sight and you just know, the bolts will come RIGHT out.:confused:
 

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Also not anything to laugh at but this guy had a bad weekend. Lost a rear wheel (check your lug nuts!) popped the gas tank and sparks sent the car up in flames. Was a real nice local 67 Belvedere

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