Saw this whilst I was on holiday in the States

[Jay FX4]

It's not the snow, it's the mechanical dammage from the sand, salt or Cinders added to the road causing paint chips plus the corrosive nature of the ice melting chemicals.

Places that use various salts on the road add to the corrosion

Well yes, I know that. It's impossible to live 30+ years in Michigan and not know that. I was just asking the question based on this....

snow will collect on the hood and roof, unlike the sides, rusting them out faster. my 84 is similar (but not as bad), being a maine/ upstate ny rig originally. i bet if you took a close look at the grill, it will probably have 2 worn spots where the snow melted off and ran out the gap between the hood and each fender.

I just don't see how snow, a.k.a. water, by itself on the roof of a vehicle where no corrosive snow-melting stuff can reach it on painted, clear-coated sheetmetal can cause oxidization. BTW, what are Cinders?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I just don't see how snow, a.k.a. water, by itself on the roof of a vehicle where no corrosive snow-melting stuff can reach it on painted, clear-coated sheetmetal can cause oxidization. BTW, what are Cinders?

Something else I have thought about, it could be on the older trucks clearcoat was an option and without it the paint didn't wear as well.

My truck was repainted at some time and they didn't use clearcoat, I get green towels when I wax it, so every time I wax it the paint gets a little thinner... water and snow (which slides off as it melts) would wear at the paint too.

 

[AllanD]

Well yes, I know that. It's impossible to live 30+ years in Michigan and not know that. I was just asking the question based on this....


I just don't see how snow, a.k.a. water, by itself on the roof of a vehicle where no corrosive snow-melting stuff can reach it on painted, clear-coated sheetmetal can cause oxidization. BTW, what are Cinders?

You obviously don't live anywhere near any steel mills or coal fired powerplants....

Cinders are coal ash.
or atleast the vitreous (not water soluble) parts of coal ash
that are often used as blasting media.

Around here they spread it on the roads.

Doesn't do shit for melting the snow/ice but it makes it non-slippery which frankly is good enough.

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[koda6966]

The town next to mine barely plows roads when it's under three inches. They just spread sand and cinders around. I HATE driving through there.

 

[Jay FX4]

You obviously don't live anywhere near any steel mills or coal fired powerplants....

Plenty of those in Detroit, but I've just never heard of that stuff being used on roads.

We use salt exclusively here. There's been talk of using sand, or sand and salt together, due to the high price and massive quantities of salt we need every year. It also destroys are already awful roads. I don't know what the drawbacks of sand are, aside from the fact that it doesn't actually melt the snow/ice, but it seems like a more practical solution....

 

[Louisville86]

I like that little Ranger. Looks like an '84 to me as it has a radio with three holes (and it's an AM/FM Cassette - super fancy!). I like those "Swiss Cheese" alloy wheels, too.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Plenty of those in Detroit, but I've just never heard of that stuff being used on roads.

We use salt exclusively here. There's been talk of using sand, or sand and salt together, due to the high price and massive quantities of salt we need every year. It also destroys are already awful roads. I don't know what the drawbacks of sand are, aside from the fact that it doesn't actually melt the snow/ice, but it seems like a more practical solution....

Sand is a joke, the county quit spreading salt on their roads last year, it is REALLY obvious when you leave city limits which highways are state maitained and which ones are county. The ones that are wet pavement are state, the ones that are snowpacked with sand sprinkled on them are county.

 

[Jay FX4]

Ah okay, maybe that's why we don't use sand here....

 

[Mark_88]

If the truck was from Canada, it wouldn't surprise me...Ford had an issue with paint on the hood and roof on a few models...the F-150 and Ranger...as well as some of the cars...certain colors just wouldn't stay on the truck...I think it had something to do with the electrolysis process...my Tempo was good, because by 89 they corrected it somewhat...but if you take a walk through any junkyard you'll find earlier models had the same affliction...

 

[RobbieD]

^ That's my understanding, too, that some of the older Ranger paint colors were just bad about not staying on. And I have seen a good many over years, looking like the one in the original post (which looks like a good fixer-upper, btw).

My blue '84 did the same thing. To stay on top of it, first I sanded the cab top, and spray-bombed it with Dollar Store rattle can blue. A couple of years later, I had to do the same thing with the hood. I finally just repainted the whole truck this last July.

I think it was more of a defective paint or primer thing on the older ones.

 

[Charlville]

Could always ask for that mod in the photoshop section, it would give a good idea what it would look like.

Great idea, thanks

 

[Charlville]

i'm working on it as we speak.....

my 87 tailgate barely fit my 96 (minor tweaking)
so i'm looking for a mint condition tailgate to put on my 96 (preferably white)

Any pictures please?

 

[TheStig88]

Any pictures please?

i don't have my 87 gate anymore.....after the truck got totaled, my buddy hung it up in his bar

thats why i'm lookin for one now as a side project

 

[Beef52751]

The town next to mine barely plows roads when it's under three inches. They just spread sand and cinders around. I HATE driving through there.

Town next to mine doesnt even spread sand for less than 3 inches, they start to plow the side streets at about 6", it makes for a pretty good time to go romp around in!!!!