VE commodore- Typical spots for rust/ deterioration

[Skylarking]

Im gonna be this guy and say that ackchyually it’s only the VF that had an aluminium bonnet and boot lid. The VEs were old school steel.


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Hahaha, should have read up a little…

No mention that Holden was using galvanised steel coatings on VE but then again it’s a slide show presumable for emergency rescue groups so may not go into corrosion resistance issues

http://youwheel.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Holden_VE.pdf

 

[Fu Manchu]

Hey folks,

Well I’m a bit dirty. I purchased a VE white commodore wagon from a bloke in Sydney who assured me that the car has never been in any accidents or had any touch up paint applied… my first mistake was trusting him. Anyways the car is signed done and dusted- it’s mine… so…..

Since receiving the car and washing it I have an area of suspicion on the left door side at the sill area (just below the window). Is this a typical area of rust for the VE commodore…. I’m trying to work out if what I’m looking at is dodgy paint over rust that will ultimately come through again or simply overspray/ paint covering up something else. Interested in your thoughts…. The other area is along the chrome strip on the boot area….

Worst case I’ll just get the door resprayed/ a blend respray but if it’s not rust underneath I’ll simply leave it as it won’t change/ get worse.

You know what this looks most like? Not rust.Thats pretty hard to do on the VE because of the way the body is treated during manufacturing. (Except the pedal plate) It looks like there was previously a clear coat peel and the door has been hastily re-cleared. They didn’t want to remove the trims because they are expensive. They didn’t sand near them so as not to damage them. Left the old clear underneath the new.