Re: 56 clipper super hardtop on Ebay forever

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2010/6/1 13:08:10

Kev,

That's very interesting. Never thought of that problem at all. Now, oceanside cars get that lousy overall body rust from the salt air, but it's usually not too deep. The funny thing about that Clipper Super is it looks like it had especially lot of fender cancer along the bottom, especially the rear quarter.

I wonder if the floor-pan rust thing affects oceanside cars as much as it does southwestern ones. I imaging it depends on how warm the temps are. It gets darn warm in CC!

A lot of times you see old cars with the carpets ripped out, and I guess that's for a reason.. If it's no good as carpet, it just becomes a rust-maker (not to mention the smell.