身から出た錆、、、か
- 「･122」AMAZON健康維持大作戦
- by suna
- 2009/06/08 月 13:59
「Giro di Karuizawa」で一週間にわたり、土砂降りとシトシト雨の中で悪戦苦闘を演じた「・122」AMAZONですが、クラシックラリー終了後、S大先輩邸で、床のマットを覗いてみると、水浸し。トランク内も、スペアタイアを入れるくぼみが「生け簀」（いけす）になっていました。これまで、このAMAZONを手に入れてから、雨の中は、一度も走りませんでしたし、雨に濡らしたことも、洗車したこともありませんでした。つまり、洗車は、濡らした雑巾で拭いて、ワックスがけ、、、。あとはボディカバーを２重にかけていました。さらに購入時、中古車業者は、「ずっとガレージ保管で、床に錆ひとつないよ、、、床下見てご覧、完璧なアンダーコーティングさ、、程度極上！！」の言葉に、私もボディ下面のアンダーコートを見て、すっかり信用していました。で、「Giro、、」での浸水です。恐る恐る床マットを剥いで見ると、、、ななんと、、、びしょびしょの錆でグサグサ！！！運転席の足元がもっともひどくて、グサグサの錆を削り取り、集めてみたら、こんもりと錆の山。これだけ床板鉄板が錆びていたのですから、当然、床板には穴が開いていました。驚きというか、落胆というか、、、。仕方ないので、晴天を見つけて、床マットを剥いで、錆取りと乾燥大会。さらには、運転席と助手席に穴開きアルミ板（これ、東急ハンズで、３４ｃｍｘ４４ｃｍという、AMAZONの運転席足元と助手席足元にぴったりのサイズがありました。1枚￥2800です）を敷いた次第です。ゆくゆくは、AMAZON123GTのＯさんと同様に、床パネル一式の部品を購入、溶接しなければなならいでしょうが、差し当たって、床が抜けて、足が落っこちないように緊急処置です。ということで、外見は、綺麗なのですが、次から次へと問題が噴出しています。とにかく身から出た錆とでも言いますか、、、仕方ありません。極力、雨の日は乗らずに、床ごと落っこちないように気をつけるしかなさそうです。
During the week at Giro di Karuizawa, my .122 struggled in the rain and when I got back to Mr. S' house after the rally and looked under the floor mat, I found that it was flooded. Same for the trunk space. The space under the spare tire had become a pond. I had never driven the .122 in the rain and had even never put it through a car wash. I had just wiped the car with a wet rag and put 2 layers of cover over it. The dealer that sold me the car had shown me the underside of the car and told me that it had an undercoating so the condition was super. I had totally believed in this. But after seeing the flood, I peeled off the floor mat and saw to my horror, lots of water and RUST ! The condition was worst on the driver side and when I scratched together some of the rust, it turned out to be a nice sized pile. Its easy to see that with all this rust, the floor panel now had holes. I was crestfallen. But what can you do. Next sunny day, I peeled off the floor mat, took out the rust and tried to dry out the car. I went to Tokyu Hands and bought an aluminum panel (34X44cm-Yen 2,800 each) with holes in it and laid it on the front floor of the car. Sometime, I will have to buy a new floor panel set like Mr. O and weld it on. The aluminum panel is an emergency measure to ensure that my feet don't fall out when I am driving. It turns out my .122 looks great from the outside but as I drive on, I am finding various issues that come out from the inside of the car. I will have to be careful to stay out of the rain and keep my feet safely inside of the car.
During the week at Giro di Karuizawa, my .122 struggled in the rain and when I got back to Mr. S' house after the rally and looked under the floor mat, I found that it was flooded. Same for the trunk space. The space under the spare tire had become a pond. I had never driven the .122 in the rain and had even never put it through a car wash. I had just wiped the car with a wet rag and put 2 layers of cover over it. The dealer that sold me the car had shown me the underside of the car and told me that it had an undercoating so the condition was super. I had totally believed in this. But after seeing the flood, I peeled off the floor mat and saw to my horror, lots of water and RUST ! The condition was worst on the driver side and when I scratched together some of the rust, it turned out to be a nice sized pile. Its easy to see that with all this rust, the floor panel now had holes. I was crestfallen. But what can you do. Next sunny day, I peeled off the floor mat, took out the rust and tried to dry out the car. I went to Tokyu Hands and bought an aluminum panel (34X44cm-Yen 2,800 each) with holes in it and laid it on the front floor of the car. Sometime, I will have to buy a new floor panel set like Mr. O and weld it on. The aluminum panel is an emergency measure to ensure that my feet don't fall out when I am driving. It turns out my .122 looks great from the outside but as I drive on, I am finding various issues that come out from the inside of the car. I will have to be careful to stay out of the rain and keep my feet safely inside of the car.
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