The_Swoose
New Member
Hello everyone,
Alexander here. In a few short weeks, I went from being sick and tired of dealing with repairing my 2003 Caddilac to owning my first land yacht.
Embarrassingly, I know very little about cars (despite being an engineer). Working on the Caddilac was such a pain that it killed any desire to tackle the learning curve that is modern fuel injection. I've always wanted a classic car and decided to make an impulse decision. No regrets, I'm hooked now.
I'm sure you've seen pics of this big green machine floating around the forum already, but I have attached a few. Picked it up from a friend, Obsolute Automotive. Incredible original condition and she runs like an absolute top. The perfect starter car to learn on.
With that being said, I'll use the search function as much as possible but I may have some silly questions from time to time as I learn.
For my first question, I could use some advice on the trunk rust. I'd like to preserve the original history in this car the absolute best I can. I've been told and have also read that the rubber trunk mats are an inherent issue with condensation. I've seen some form members replace the mats with carpet or coat the trunk in bed liner. I'd prefer to keep this as original as possible and was wondering about carefully wire-wheeling out the rust and applying a coat of fluid film or a similar lanolin product. I would maybe need to add a barrier between the original mat and the lanolin. What are your thoughts?
The second possible option would be to store the rubber mat inside and replace it with a very close matching carpet. I do not want to allow some surface rust to turn into holes on my watch!
I appreciate your feedback and I'm looking forward to making new friendships in this hobby.
Alexander here. In a few short weeks, I went from being sick and tired of dealing with repairing my 2003 Caddilac to owning my first land yacht.
Embarrassingly, I know very little about cars (despite being an engineer). Working on the Caddilac was such a pain that it killed any desire to tackle the learning curve that is modern fuel injection. I've always wanted a classic car and decided to make an impulse decision. No regrets, I'm hooked now.
I'm sure you've seen pics of this big green machine floating around the forum already, but I have attached a few. Picked it up from a friend, Obsolute Automotive. Incredible original condition and she runs like an absolute top. The perfect starter car to learn on.
With that being said, I'll use the search function as much as possible but I may have some silly questions from time to time as I learn.
For my first question, I could use some advice on the trunk rust. I'd like to preserve the original history in this car the absolute best I can. I've been told and have also read that the rubber trunk mats are an inherent issue with condensation. I've seen some form members replace the mats with carpet or coat the trunk in bed liner. I'd prefer to keep this as original as possible and was wondering about carefully wire-wheeling out the rust and applying a coat of fluid film or a similar lanolin product. I would maybe need to add a barrier between the original mat and the lanolin. What are your thoughts?
The second possible option would be to store the rubber mat inside and replace it with a very close matching carpet. I do not want to allow some surface rust to turn into holes on my watch!
I appreciate your feedback and I'm looking forward to making new friendships in this hobby.
