[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #347

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Brian 100%. Better to buy a car with a seized engine (or 
no engine) with a perfect body that a a car with a perfect engine 
that's rusty. And Chicago is the rusty car capital of the world. I've 
seen late model Mercedes Benz cars in the Chicago area with bodywork 
that looks like wedding lace from the rust caused by salt on the roads 
in the winter. Think of an already rust-prone Italian car in place of 
that Mercedes! If you want a nice GTV-6 search California, and Arizona 
as well as west Texas and New Mexico. That's your best bet to find a 
rust-free example. Stay away from the north-east, and the northern 
mid-west ESPECIALLY!

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'



On Sep 27, 2004, at 11:38 AM, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:26:25 -0400
> From: "Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>
> Subject: RE: [alfa] Considering a 1986 GTV-6 with "issues"...how much 
> $$ to set  right?
>
> <snip>
>> 3- Paint...the car had been repainted, ostensibly
>> recently and supposedly the same color (AR536--or was
>> that AR537?--Rosso Veneziano, according to the plaque
>> on the underside of the hatch) but the paint job
>> seemed Not Quite Tidy, with one visible drip and a bit
>> of overspray in the engine bay. How salvageable is
>> this paint job? It seemed otherwise smooth and glossy
>> with no cracks, peels, crazing, etc.
>>
>> Also, there were bubbles of rust--being in the Miami
>> area I have ZERO experience with rust--along the
>> bottom right side of the windshield, maybe 1.25" x
>> 0.5", none of which had broken the surface. How likely
>> is it the rust is confined to this area? What can I
>> expect the repairs for the rust + paint to run?
> <snip>
>
> The above would cause me to run, not walk, away from this car.  A 
> recent
> (shoddy) paint job, with rust bubbles?
>
> Aside from the rust bubbling up under the recent paint under the 
> windshield,
> did you check the wheel wells, spare tire well, rockers under the 
> cladding,
> etc etc?
>
> To me, this seems like somebody cleaned it up and gave it a quick 
> spray,
> just for the purpose of selling it and getting top dollar.  There's no
> telling what's underneath, assume thousands of dollars of rust repair 
> and a
> new paint job.
>
> bs
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