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Anybody looking for a restoration challenge?
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tony barnhill
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Well, we don't usually use that phrase for a car....but, some people do call their car 'she'!roofman said:
SilentUnicorn
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will buff out..
jessebogan
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Come on guys, it's just a little patina. Best part is that it is going to be restored. We should statr a pool on how many original parts remain in the end...
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jessebogan said:
or how much money it will take...
tony barnhill
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From the story about its history, it DID! & it was "parked" in the lake!Shane said:
aeronca65t
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When it's done, it could pull $400,000. Maybe more due to the weird story behind it.
Even as it's hanging on the hook there, it would would probably bring $50,000 or more.
Even as it's hanging on the hook there, it would would probably bring $50,000 or more.
tony barnhill
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Especially since its never been registered & has zero original factory miles on it!
Banjo
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I just though it was really intresting how the side that was buried in the mud still had the tires and paint! while the exposed side was completly gone.
Reminds me of some of the model ships and stuff I raised off the bottom of my grandfathers pond. all sent to thier doom by my dad, uncles and cousins. I even found a couple of cars. a 69 challenger, and a 57 T-bird. both 1:24 scale of course. but I woulden't even restore them, much less try and restore a chunk of rot like that Bugatti. Of course those models will never be worth Half a million or more...
Reminds me of some of the model ships and stuff I raised off the bottom of my grandfathers pond. all sent to thier doom by my dad, uncles and cousins. I even found a couple of cars. a 69 challenger, and a 57 T-bird. both 1:24 scale of course. but I woulden't even restore them, much less try and restore a chunk of rot like that Bugatti. Of course those models will never be worth Half a million or more...
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DaveatMoon
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The mud in the lake bottom was anaerobic, meaning no oxygen was present to effect that side. The exposed side probably only saw oxygen for a few weeks in the spring and fall, when lakes "turn over" (<span style="font-style: italic">Water is densest at 38 degrees F, which in temperate regions means they divide vertically into aerobic and anaerobic regions each summer and winter.</span>) That periodic exposure did the damage you see. If the car had been in shallow water it'd probably have completely dissolved by now.Banjo said:
tony barnhill
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So, if they don't treat what's left will it dissolve quickly?
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DaveatMoon
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Probably no worse than any other naked, rusty steel. Although if the water or sediments had any acidic content that would impact how long the metal would last without treatment.tony barnhill said:
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I'd be for "sealing" it as-is and preserving it and the (hi)story... harsh reminder as to how cruel/cold bureaucrats can be if ya don't follow *their* rules.
"Didn't pay their proper share of import duty? Entry disallowed. Toss it overboard!"
Another monument to mob rule.
Darnn'd good thing humans are prolific.
"Didn't pay their proper share of import duty? Entry disallowed. Toss it overboard!"
Another monument to mob rule.
Darnn'd good thing humans are prolific.
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Neither does that 58(?) Plymouth they sealed in a time capsule....tony barnhill said:
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tony barnhill said:
Tony, the last I heard, the H.L.Huntley is still in a wet tank as their trying to control the oxidation process.
This car, if it was in sea water and depending on how long, will rapidly deteriorate if not immersed in a solution equal to the sea waters chemical make up. Chlorides from the sea water penetrate the iron on a molecular level. When in the solution, these chlorides present no real problem, but, when exposed to air, they slowly dry into Crystal form and expand, pushing the metal away and eventually turning the metal into a pile of iron oxide dust. It's very expensive and time consuming to halt this chemical process. Hope they have lots of money! Bugatti might buy it and (restore??) it using maybe one original part?
