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johnpoly

11-20-2010 @ 3:09 PM

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I live in North Carolina and drive all my old cars in the winter except when it is freezing, raining, snowing, or when there is salt on the roads. Hibernating is not an option and an occasional engine start is not healthy. A twenty minute cruise every two weeks or so is good for your collectible. Try it!

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11-20-2010 @ 1:15 PM

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Yesterday we took a little overnight trip over Wolf Creek Pass in the Uinta Mountains of Utah - elevation 9,485 feet! It was a great winter drive.

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Scranton1000

11-20-2010 @ 11:21 AM

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I have a '39 original 4 door sedan and would not want to expose it to the salt they use all winter here in upstate NY. I figure the car has lasted
71 years without rusting, so I am not going to accelerate that process now. I do keep it inside (a hangar) during the winter and start it a couple
of times a week to warm up the fluids, but no salt for this baby! I have no doubt it would handle the snow and ice acceptably and would otherwise perform in cold weather, but ....

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11-20-2010 @ 7:55 AM

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I don't drive mine in the winter, either. They use lots of salt on our roads in the Chicago area and the roads are way too crowded to risk driving with the skinny bias ply tires. I like to wait for the drier spring and summer weather.

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11-20-2010 @ 7:09 AM

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Wayne:

I live in rural Mahaska County, about 25 miles North of Albia. Let me know when you are in the area kalbach@wildbluepella.org

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11-20-2010 @ 12:48 AM

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Stroker -- where are you in Iowa? My wife's from Albia about an hour south of Des Moines - we visit usually once a year.

Wayne & Barb
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drkbp

11-19-2010 @ 5:08 AM

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What is all that white stuff y'all have? grin

It is an "event" when we see it here. Going to the office it was 47 this morning but I didn't put the back window up in my cabriolet.

We have trouble with hot. It shuts us down in the summer. Nothing like going for a 98 degree ride! Sauna on wheels.

Ken In Houston

Stenny

11-18-2010 @ 4:18 PM

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I drive a '39 pickup year round in the Pacific NW. Some snow but usually just lots of rain. I don't have any snapshots of truck in bad weather but will say that after 22 years, the old girl is starting to look a bit shabby.

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11-18-2010 @ 3:51 PM

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I think they changed that to a ASIAN car you can hear rusting,
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11-18-2010 @ 2:38 PM

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Old:

Here in the upper midwest, we use lots and lots of rock salt in the winter. The trend has been to use more salt brine in the past few years, but it's still 100% saturated with salt. My 38 was born and raised in So.Cal., so it doesn't have any underbody rust. It also doesn't have a heater.

There's an old saying here in Ioway:

"On a cold, clear night; if you outside and listen very carefully, you can hear a Ford rust".

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