I bought my '62 and '64 Impala's from Alabama and Louisiana, respectively. Both had lived their lives in those states and had been undercoated. I didn't see any red oxide paint, but the floor/trunk pans and frame, were original and in remarkably good shape, as were all the panels on the car. Something to be said about a Southern car that has been undercoated. Here in the northeast, they would have never made it. We've had a few light snows and it's unbelievable the amount of salt they put down. The black top turns to white top. You can see bunches of it still not dissolved laying on the road. It makes it's way into our drinking water and then into our body. No wonder why we have high blood pressure, Carmine.
For providing the climate conditions to preserve classic transportation. If your from the midwest and have participated in rusty floors, door, quarters, fenders, and anything sheet metal I am sure you agree. Not being multi skilled to replace the above pieces with the required talent it litterly makes it possible for many of us to rebuild a classic . When I look at frames without rust pits and under bodies with a red oxide type primer still showing I am truly impressed. With a wire brush and solvent cleaning process the white dust / caked dirt is removed acting like a super preservative exposing clean metal. Its a shame many of these examples are being exported. Its like losing our dna from the past.
