How To Care For My "New" Junkyard Frame?

[peejay]

Thinking of getting a frame from the junkyard to replace mine that's got the rear frame rot.

 

Are there things I can do to the "new" frame to keep it from suffering the same fate as the old one?

 

Thanks!

[PathyAndTheJets]

Wash it out, paint it with POR-15, spray some gloss black over it for uv protection.

[peejay]

Thanks, PathyAndTheJets!

 

Sounds like a straighforward plan to follow! When/if I get a better frame, I'll post pics to document the procedure!

Edited July 11, 2016 by peejay

[Slartibartfast]

My plan for mine is to keep it clean, paint what I can, and oil what I can't paint.

[peejay]

Slarti! How's it going? EGR valve/circuit is still working like a champ!

 

You were able to section and weld your frame, no? Still lookin good as new?

[Slartibartfast]

Good to hear! My uncle welded some plates on my '95 to buy it some time but the more I looked, the less solid metal I found. Even if I pulled the body off and plated it I wouldn't have trusted it to tow. Then I found a '93 with a good frame and a tow bar for cheap and the '95 became a parts car. The frame on the '93 is good and solid and I'm hoping to keep it that way. Washed it out, wire wheeled/painted what I could, just need to decide on what kind of rust prevention to spray in there next. I'll probably end up mixing some kind of ATF-based special sauce in a weed sprayer and do it that way.