Nunzio
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Rust is the biggest indicator of a vehicle being too far gone- especially if it’s on the frame. My premise is that for a vehicle to be a candidate for long-time retention, it must be rust-free or only have very minor rust on the sheet metal only, which can be eliminated and repaired, because any rust in evidence WILL spread if not completely obliterated. This is why I am in the process of replacing my old vehicles with equally old vehicles from out west. I’ve replaced one already.
After rust, overall condition of all systems must be evaluated. If a vehicle was well maintained it will be easy and economical to keep-up, assuming that it’s a good vehicle to begin with. Even on older simpler vehicles, if things were just left to deteriorate over time, there are just so many systems with so many parts, that even the simplest vehicle will drive you straight to the poor-house and never be reliable. I mean, lots of bushings and ball studs in the suspension; body mounts, springs, shocks, steering column…. Linkages with bushings; Ignition system with electronic components, wires, connectors, modules, sensors, ECU…. The electrical system with modules, switches, wires, motors, relays, fuse blocks, fusible links, diodes, alternator, regulator…. And that’s just scratching the surface.
Start with a vehicle that’s well-maintained and in good shape, and it’s not too difficult to keep it that way, doing a little preventative maintenance and reapirs as soon as needed. But start with a rusty worn-out piece of junk, and it’ll never end, and never be a good vehicle unless one does a full frame-off restoration…which, even with a “grail” car, is usually a financial boondoggle…the cost often well exceeding $100K in parts alone.
Don’t pay attention to the crap ya see on the Tee-vee or Youtube of them turning rusted-out hulks into creampuffs. Virtually all of those are frauds- the cars, in reality, not being as bad in reality as they are made to appear; or if they really are that bad, they are just patched-up and made to look good, but are in reality NIGHTMARES under the surface.
I have to find a video from Uncle Tony’s Garage- he has been documenting several such vehicles, which people have bought for big money, only to find that beneath the cosmetics, they are patched-up pigs held together with baling wire (literally), to the point of even being dangerous to drive. .
Found it! https://youtu.be/1OLaT8RWhDE
So let’s see: The jabs didn’t protect her…..but they would somehow protect others from getting the flu, so that she in-turn wouldn’t get it…….
Proof positive that these ‘professionals’ have been indoctrinated -not edumacated- and are incapable of actual reason and thought, even at the most rudimentary level. They have just been highly trained (like a monkey) to follow protocols and do whatever they’ve been told. No chance of personal observation, experience, or morality entering into the equation, as there is none!
Thank God I’ve learned to avoid the medical cartel for the last 40+ years….. “Doctors” genuinely scare me.