What I heard, from a knowledgeable source,
at Tulsa (Dave Grow) , regarding the springs'
failure was due to their steel's high-carbon
(for strength) content.
Spring steel is reportedly more susceptable
to failure-corrosion, than mild (body) steel.
I don't know the chemical-content/reaction of Tulsa's groundwater, in
the context of 50 year's
exposure, but, the thing speaks for itself, that the body-mass, bearing
down on the leaf springs (with the microscopic voids, between the leafs)
in continual contact with water that had leached thru concrete, and
Gunnite, did a "job" , on those leaf springs!!!
Also, no one has yet mentioned the interesting fact, that the
trunk-support-bracings corroded away from the trunk skin!
Bet that nobody's seen THAT, either.
What clearly occurred, was that the water that immersed the car got
"into" the non-painted voids between the bracings and the under- trunk
, and just sat there, maybe-never evaporating, until the bracings just
collapsed away from the trunk skin.
Neil Vedder
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- From: Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:16:57 -0700
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I have handled MANY FL cars in
30+ years and NEVER seen the springs broken like that ! A broken leaf here
or there, but nothing that left the car dragging like that with both
sides. I am suspicious it incurred some sort of trauma, but this was
supposed to be a brand new car when interred. Interesting.
B.
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