Date:         Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:42:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: "Rust Ball Really Rolling"
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
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1-2 years driving during the winter, yeah easily. Not rotted out in
that time of course, but it never happens all at once. Once the salt
gets in there and the corrosion starts to do it's thing, good luck
stopping it. You can help prevent it, but it's brutal. There are no
garage queens around here(few anyhow) and most of the rest are long
since off the roads rotted away.  Maine is wonderful, don't let rust
make that decision for you. This is one of the chief reasons CA is
just a PITA regarding not letting us bring the conversion there, they
must force a fleet overturn of old vehicle to get them off the roads
because it doesn't happen naturally like it does here. Maybe they
should just start salting the roads in CA ha

Jim Akiba




On 10/9/07, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Oct 9, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Jim Akiba wrote:
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> > Does it drive Warren? Also how many winters did it spend here? It only
> > takes 1-2 to get the rust ball really rolling.
>
> OMG, really 1-2 years?
>
> Is that why everyone in New England has a barn attached to their
> house & why you see very few buses on the road there?
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>
>
> Tom B.-Thinking of moving my "fleet" to Maine or not
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