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1999 Chevrolet Suburban and 1995 Dodge Ram pickup
Jil McIntosh: Today we’re going to talk about a very nasty, four-letter swear word: R-u-s-t. Vehicle rust is both unsightly and potentially dangerous, because if you’ve got rusty body panels, it’s possible your vehicle’s frame and steering components are at risk, too.
We’re using two examples from
Driving.ca contributors’ fleets: my 1995 Dodge Ram pickup; and Clayton Seams’ 1999 Chevrolet Suburban. I learned preventative maintenance with my truck, while Clayton had to learn rust repair. We’re going to explain the why and how-to of both.
Both have been with us since new. I bought mine in Toronto in late 1994. Within two weeks it was rustproofed with oil spray, and has been resprayed every year since then. Clayton’s father bought the Suburban in Texas and later moved to Alberta, where road salt isn’t much of an issue. But Clayton brought it to Toronto in 2014, where the heavily-pickled roads soon did the