Originally Posted by supton
Something I've never understood is why "all" Chevy's have sagging cab mounts while "all" Fords have the same sag but in the bed. Chevy's seem to have had that rust problem for decades, not sure about Ford's but I've seen a large number of later model ones with beds collapsing near the cab. [Of course, up here, "old" is anything approaching 10 years old, at that age everything seems to have rust holes.]
All of 'em lose rockers, of course.
Yes they all seem to have their rust issues that's for sure. Our 2002 gmc had no rockers or cab corners left when they retired it but the rest of the body was almost perfect and I just sold the rest of the body. The drivetrain is going in my car. Our 2005 I drive still at work had the drivers floor patched because it rusted out where the mud and slush from our boots gets caught (it also had the original floor mat with nothing left of it). The cab corner on one side is just rusting through now. They did rust protection every second year but stopped a few years ago thinking the truck should be on it's last legs by then
Something I've never understood is why "all" Chevy's have sagging cab mounts while "all" Fords have the same sag but in the bed. Chevy's seem to have had that rust problem for decades, not sure about Ford's but I've seen a large number of later model ones with beds collapsing near the cab. [Of course, up here, "old" is anything approaching 10 years old, at that age everything seems to have rust holes.]
All of 'em lose rockers, of course.
Yes they all seem to have their rust issues that's for sure. Our 2002 gmc had no rockers or cab corners left when they retired it but the rest of the body was almost perfect and I just sold the rest of the body. The drivetrain is going in my car. Our 2005 I drive still at work had the drivers floor patched because it rusted out where the mud and slush from our boots gets caught (it also had the original floor mat with nothing left of it). The cab corner on one side is just rusting through now. They did rust protection every second year but stopped a few years ago thinking the truck should be on it's last legs by then