I found a 64 Polara and although it's a Az. car I wouldn't mind finding out the bad spots for rust and the like. It was painted 10 or so years ago so it probably has some filler. Thanks.
Problem areas to look for on a 64 Polara
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Worst place can be driver's side cowl area. Front floors, torsion bar crossmember, rear frame rails. This is my experience with Ontario rust belt cars. Arizona car should be fairly solid.
If you can get a look at the inner cowl.Look up under the dash. Many times the outer looks good but underneath may be gone.
Lower quarters hold water when drains clog after a few years. For some reason the driver side more than the passenger side.
My 2 cents. Dust and dirt in the desert is very fine and builds up and hardens. Door bottoms, fenders, quarters. Also check rear wheel well lips.
As mentioned crawl under the dash and look up by the wiper pivot. The 1/4 rust gets caused by water getting into the trunk. When I disasembled my 64 it definately had some 1/4 and trunk floor issues. What I didn't expect was when the lower rear window trim was removed (looked great before removal) that there was no botttom lip below the glass and rubber channel. Take a look up from inside the trunk.
Doug
Doug
Cowl, mainly drivers' side but, they both trap water. Bottom wrap a round portion of the quarter panels. Dog leg areas. Rocker panels (mainly the rear areas to the rear of the overlapping body seam) in front were galvanized. The floor to firewall seam. Battery tray. Trunk floor. And everything made from steel (here in Michigan)!
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