I have a buddy that moved up to Michigan for school this year. He is looking at a Mark VII, but due to the area I want to make sure he doesnt get screwed over with a rusted up POS.
Thing is I can go look at it with him, and he isnt that knowledgeable about cars. So me explaining what to look at isnt to helpful. So I told him I would try and send him pics of what to look at. The thing is, my car is at home and I am at school.
If anyone has some extra time could they grab a few pics for me?
I need one of all the areas rust likes to start on Foxes.
- Strut towers (engine bay and wheelwell)
- Bottom of firewall, front of floor,
- door bottoms
- Rockers
- frame rails
- toque boxes
- trunk lid
- quarters
- core support (might borrow Jerry's if he doesnt mind)
It also has a sunroof, but I an not sure where the drains run on the Marks. Does anyone know?
I am going to try and gather what I can from here.
Even one pic helps:bowdown:
Thanks
Can email to
cougar86_89@yahoo.com
I don't know about anyone else, But this is the area i've been fighting rust:
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Aesthetikz/rustarea.jpg)
trim clips deteriorate and cause troubles.
*EDIT:
Whoops, Missed the MarkVII part.
Still might want to check under the trim pieces though, These factory clips deteriorate so bad with water...
under the battery tray, and anything under the car and behind fenders and quarterpanels where roadsalt will go.
Man, I could give you at least 50 pics of where the worst spots are in my car....but here were the worst...
dude, just look at any before pic of my car
That what i did. It so so hard finding stuff in the thread now that it is so long. I did use the front end pics of your car. As for the underside and exterior I didnt send them yet.
Here. Don't hurt yourself. ;) there's a huge directory on the left and subs inside of them
http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/daminc/ (http://"http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/daminc/")
The Holy Grail of pics!
LOL I looked for 20 mins to find the pic of the sending unit yesterday. I remember seeing all the pics, just not what order I saw them in. Thanks Jerry!
It's listed on the left under.......
fuel sender and pump
or
Tank and supports
Everything's listed as a project, or as a section of my car. There's probably 100s of pics that I never posted, and a bunch of the tank, pump and sender that I only saw
The only thing not on your list are bad torque boxes. mine were surprisingly un-rotted and I only have the pics of the reinforcing plates going in.
If you can't find something, let me know. I can tell you where I put it, or find it quickly for you
I had probs with my rear quarters, I have noticed this is a problem with Mark VII's as well.
I labeled pics for everything but the underside and sent them to him so far. He is getting the run around. I emailed them too so I could get the run down on the car.
It was a vinyl top which scares me. Its brown too so seeing the rust coming though is even harder.
I generally try to stay away from vinyl tops because they rust underneath about 98% of the time. If he is getting the run around I'd just count on it having rust on it. Most people sell a car when it has a problem of some type. It is guaranteed.