Environmentally speaking, that is.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@webtv.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:32 PM
Subject: Re; Rust Not Want Not

> Now here's one for the books.
> I have a few farmer friend that reside in central Illinois, and for
> years, they have been pouring, spraying, whatever, 90 weight gear oil
> into their door panels and quarter panels of their pickup trucks, and
> their Grain Trucks, to prevent rust.
> I thought they were nuts, but one of them is still running a 59 Chevy 2
> ton grain truck, and the darn thing doesn't have a spot of rust on the
> body panels.
> Neither do any other of their trucks.
> They tell me it stinks for awhile, and the doors have to  drain for a
> day or two, but the results are quite interesting.
> They get the oil when they service their tractors, and pour the oil down
> their doors etc.
> Talk about recycling!
>
> Later,
>
> Terry