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| | | How bad are these drip rails? #781646 September 02nd 2021 10:51 pm | Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 9 Likes: 1 stranger | OP stranger Joined: Aug 2021 Posts: 9 Likes: 1 | | | | Re: How bad are these drip rails? | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 Uncle Rust N Dents | Uncle Rust N Dents Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 | I wanted to say that it depends on how much the van is and what you plan to do with it... But then I saw that this was a van posted in our Classifieds section that's nearly $10,000.
I wouldn't even consider buying it at that price point.
On a $2,200 van? Maybe. | 1 member likes this:
Charlie 99909 | | | Re: How bad are these drip rails? | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | What he said.... | | | Re: How bad are these drip rails? | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | That's pretty ugly. The walls structure is essentially a tray with an upturned lip, (the drip rail) with the roof sitting down in the bottom of the drip rail, with sealant poured over top of the seam. The perforations through the drip rail weaken it's structure and point to hidden water infiltration issues...
The roof is held down in the drip rails by sealant, caulking, and several metal clips around the perimeter. When you see those holes through the bottom of the drip rails, that's structural, plus it's entirely likely that water has seeped underneath the cracked caulking back into the body cavity, where it's been eating away at the metal unchecked, since that area of the walls often isn't even painted..
Definitely not a $10k van to have that sort of visibly obvious damage....
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: How bad are these drip rails? | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 3,113 Likes: 2 | When I got my 75 I didn’t notice any rust in those areas. My van had been off the road for many years with broken roof vent and sunroof. Water got in and rusted from inside out. Looks like the same with that van. I’d stay away. My van now is starting to look like those pics unfortunately for me | | | Re: How bad are these drip rails? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | He bought that van ... drip rails and all. Waiting for him to start a build thread.
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