Rust Report

[Vhyle]

Yup... I went out earlier tonight and snapped pics of the bad rust infestations on my CUCV. I'm not entirely sure of this particular truck's history, but I'm guessing it migrated from the north. I intend on repairing these the best I can (I'm a metalworker/welder by trade), but my areas of concern are anything that involves the exterior where there is Rhino lining. Some of this looks pretty bad.

Sorry about the blur in a few of these - it gets pretty dark in my driveway. I'll get better pics in the daytime, if I get the time to do it.


About a 3-4 inch section on the front of the passenger side door. Looks like surface rust. Not sure what happened to the bit of Rhino that was there. Makes me wonder if it looks like this underneath the rest of it...


RF wheel well. Easily repairable.


Inside the right side of the body, in front of the RR wheel.


Underneath the right rear section of the back. These spots look to be the worst. Side note: not sure why the PO decided to un-do the BO lights. I intend on getting them functional again.


Underneath left rear corner of the back. Ugly!


Inside the left side, in front of the LR wheel.


Another angle of the the left side, from the other end, looking at the LR wheel.


LF wheel well - note the patch job. Probably identical to the RF (sorry about the haze; just a little cig smoke)


Filler neck tunnel - no big deal. I can just find another one if need be, and paint it black (or even re-Rhino it if I felt so inclined).


Top left of the tailgate, where the top meets the tailgate. Right side looks the same, but I reached my attachment limit.

So that's what I have to work with. I'm assuming these are common areas of rust on these tanks? My guess is that this truck did a lot of road salt slinging, since the worst spots are within tire proximity.

 

[hndrsonj]

I know you don't want to hear this but, i'd drive it till the body drops off or do a tub swap. Fixing that much rust on a M1009 isn't worth it in my opinion. (especially if Rhino lined)

 

[Flyingvan911]

Rust sucks. It can be so hard to get rid of.

 

[ryan77]

They all rust in the same place! Ive seen worse! All of that is repairable!!

 

[wayne pick]

That truck is prestine compaired to my project 09!

 

[scottladdy]

You are the one that bought that truck! Cool. I saw it online for quite a while. I liked the VFW connection.

Best of luck with the project.

 

[wayne pick]

Thanks scottladdy, I payed way too much for it. I bought it sight unseen. Engine runs fantastic, no blowby or smoke. I think it was rebuilt. The rest of it is a rust bucket. I have all the panels to fix it, but im not sure what im going to do with it.

 

[tankie88]

I replaced the complete rear load bay in my cucv.

 

[scottladdy]

What do they treat the roads with across "the pond"?

 

[Vhyle]

I replaced the complete rear load bay in my cucv.

Do you have pics of said replacement? Possibly pics of the process?

 

[tankie88]

They use salt here.My CUCV spent it's life in Germany and they use loads of salt.Sorry haven't got no pics of the rear floor replacement.But it wasn't hard.Took a afternoon to do.New floor comes in 3 sections front and 2 rear left and right sections.I replaced the the tailpan as well.You have to salvage your seatbelt anchors and the folding seat anchorages as well from the old floor.Also i had to make 3 new floor ribs as well.While the floor was out i replaced the body mounting rubbers as well.