Ford Aluminum Body
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Charlie D.
Not a monster at all, just revealing the facts. Salt corrodes most common metals and lots of other materials used as affordability of purchasing a medium to high production product is ultra important. Boats are low volume product at best or may be one of a kind and are very expensive to make and thus very expensive to purchase. Service lifetime of a reasonably constructed boat is in many decades while a vehicle is normally 1-2 decades depending on where it is/driven and what care and maintenance it's had.
Many may not remember or have not known due to age Stainless Steel production car bodies being made and sold. DeLorean DMC-12, made from 1981-1983 (8,583 made) was a more recent one and it was not primed nor painted and of course never rusted. Yes, the engines and driveline still wore out and the interior finally rotted or shredded and the plastic and rubber parts finally rotted or fell off but the body sheet stainless just needed a good washing and still shined like new brushed stainless and had no corrosion at nearly 40 years old.
All you needed was a lot of money to buy one!
Aluminum is not stainless steel and doesn't salt or even a dissimilar metal touching it or a slight electrical current passing thru it exposed to the elements but it is light in weight and a lot cheaper than stainless steel. A compromise!
Stainless steel doesn't burn either!!!
Not a monster at all, just revealing the facts. Salt corrodes most common metals and lots of other materials used as affordability of purchasing a medium to high production product is ultra important. Boats are low volume product at best or may be one of a kind and are very expensive to make and thus very expensive to purchase. Service lifetime of a reasonably constructed boat is in many decades while a vehicle is normally 1-2 decades depending on where it is/driven and what care and maintenance it's had.
Many may not remember or have not known due to age Stainless Steel production car bodies being made and sold. DeLorean DMC-12, made from 1981-1983 (8,583 made) was a more recent one and it was not primed nor painted and of course never rusted. Yes, the engines and driveline still wore out and the interior finally rotted or shredded and the plastic and rubber parts finally rotted or fell off but the body sheet stainless just needed a good washing and still shined like new brushed stainless and had no corrosion at nearly 40 years old.
All you needed was a lot of money to buy one!
Aluminum is not stainless steel and doesn't salt or even a dissimilar metal touching it or a slight electrical current passing thru it exposed to the elements but it is light in weight and a lot cheaper than stainless steel. A compromise!
Stainless steel doesn't burn either!!!
