Rain and Rust?

[Bob D.]

Here in the midwest we are experts on the relationship between Winter salt and old VWs, but I am not sure how bad it is to expose a bus to lots of rain. Our Spring/Summer this year is more like rainy season in Seattle than a "normal" year around here, and I am wondering how much I should worry about driving my bus in the (near constant) rain.

Generally speaking, how dangerous is plain old rain when it comes to causing cancer on a bus?
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[ratwell]

If you go to my website and see the rust damage in the photos of my bus before I had the bodywork done you'll see the damage from years of west coast rainfall:

- windshield rust
- under seals
- vent wing
- battery trays
- doors (inside them)
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[Sloan]

I'm on the East Coast and my rust is about the same as Ratwell's.

- windshield rust
- under seals
- vent wing
- battery trays (gone)
- doors (holes through bottom)
- throught driver's side floor
- rear hatch
- holes under rear hatch seal
- muffler (of course)


There's probably more, but I haven't done my pre-bodywork rust inspection yet...
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[JT]

For the outside,I would keep a good coat of wax on it. For the underside,have the rust fixed and do a good rust proof job.Any rust anywhere,replace the rusty parts.Then use POR-15 and paint over that. JT