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Wed, 11 November 2009 21:40  |
Gary Mau
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Registered: February 2004
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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For all you rust belt folks who tow a mid nineties Tracker. If your Tracker has the vinyl moldings over the rocker panels, you might want to remove it and check for rust. When I bought mine a few years ago I paid a pretty good price because it was low milage and body and paint looked great. Lately I started to notice bubbling paint at a couple of places along the top of the molding on the driver's side. When I removed the moulding and bracket I discovered a lot of rust and an area about 3" by 6" rusted through. Also, the bottoms of both front fenders are rusted off. The passenger side rocker only has the beginnings of the problem. You might want check yours as soon as possible if it isn't already too late. As I said before, before removing the moldings, everything looked great.
Now I'm looking at a repair bill almost as high as the car is worth. In fact of the three body shops I took it to for estimates, only one seemed to be interested in repairing it ($1500). The other two would only say that to repair it properly would cost thousands and wouldn't even write estimates.
Gary Mau
Former 76 Royale owner
Davenport, IA
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