<VV> "sealed" trunks

[Frank DuVal]

I worked on a '61 coupe that the owner had repaired the rusty floors and 
added lower center of gravity weight at the same time. Yes, the concrete 
front ploor pans! He just mixed up some concrete mix and poured it in. 
Level with the center area where the gearshift is. The problem I was 
asked to fix was when putting the 4 speed into reverse, sometimes the 
ball and socket at the bottom of the shift lever would pop out and he 
had to go under the car to reinstall. So the tunnel pan was left off 
also. The problem was he didn't pour enough concrete in,  ;-)   so the 
center section had rusted away from the two concrete pads and would 
twist with the gearshift lever when going into reverse. I had him remove 
the concrete so I could weld metal in.

Frank DuVal

Dennis & Debbie PLEAU wrote:

>He just didn't do it right.  Steve Goodman tells a story about a car which came into his shop that some one poured concrete into the trunk to add weight.  No more adjusting the steering box or anything like that.  The last he heard of the car it was driving down the road when the rusted out trunk let go dropping the block of concrete to the road which the car ran over severely damaging the underside for the car.  
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>  I knew a guy that helped his handling by dropping a 50 lb paper sack of  rock 
>  salt into his Corvair's trunk. One day, a few years later, he  slammed the 
>  trunk lid and heard a noise from below. It was the remainder of  the trunk floor 
>  hitting the ground after 100% of the surrounding edges were  dissolved! 
>  Hmmm.. . . . - Seth
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