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Hi chaps, had £400 worth of rust respray world done on my 1996 4/4 in March. I jokingly said to one of the workers who did it "HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THE RUST REAPPEARS...HE SAID 6 MONTHS, I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING ASWELL...HE WANSN'T.Is this something I will have to do every year on a morgan this old. I like to keep it looking nice but. Work was done locally to me by a garage that have classic restor...leading edge of front wings seem worst and this is where it is going again. Any thoughts.. Pmh44
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How is it stored? 1996 is not an old car.
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In a dry but unheated garage attached to house.
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Good God that sounds shocking . 1996 is far from old in Morgan terms .
Was the rust light or heavy in the wing also is there anymore rust anywhere on the mog .
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Is it the wire reaction in the wing edges? i find i have to chase this up about every two years.
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Most likely the rolled and wired edges of the steel guards are a trap for corrosion that once started is very difficult to eliminate. Perhaps you need to change to superform aluminium guards 
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Trying to keep car as original as possible the steel wings I have are handmade. I have seen classic car tv shows where they drill out the rust an fill with leas
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What did the paint shop actually do for the 400 quid? Once rust has got a hold is got to be treated somehow either chemically or mechanically.
Nothing to do with the rolled and wired edges, I'm just in the middle of preparing for paint a pair of circa 1985 steel wings which were fitted to a car parked up in a leaky shed since 1993 and they are perfect, no corrosion anywhere. Wired edges and seams still as good as the day they left Eva Bros!
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Change your painter £400 seems too cheap, sorry but you get what you pay for.
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My 86 was restored in 2000. Still perfect today.
Find a better paint shop !
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