Re: The Reverse Too

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>John H wrote:
>>It also speaks to the lack of galvanizing and/or other attempts at
>rust proofing on the body parts. Can you imagine the state of our
>preserved IHC's if all the body panels had been galvanized? <
>
>John,
>
>  Note that some (all?) 800's had the rear quarters galvanized.  The
>majority are still rusted through in a couple of locations, but mainly near
>the gas tanks.
>
>  Some of the *rust magnet* aspects of the 800 make me wonder if it was
>designed by an inexperienced group.   IH must have had numerous designers
>with years of experience dealing with body panels, etc,  yet some of their
>design decisions were obviously bad.   Or, it's also possible the designers
>were working on a very limited budget.  If you take a glance at the inner
>body panels of an 800, you'll see stuff that looks like it was made at your
>local sheet metal shop.  Very little investment in large forming dies to
>make smooth contoured panels, just flat sheet stock sheared and bent. with
>nice little square corner pockets to collect debris and moisture.
>
> From my cursory observations in the rainy NW, I'd say Scout bodies, in
>general, have not faired well in comparison to their contemporaries.  How
>is it elsewhere?

All too true--but I think that every year they put a different new-hire,
fresh college grad in charge of redesigning the clutch linkage (pick-ups
and T-Alls)!

Greg
>
>Doug