What is going on here with my storm door?

[JDgreen227]

Unfortunately it was a 383 couldn't afford the Hemi option. I think it was like 300 or 400 bucks more. I only paid $2900.00 out the door! Today the car is worth approx. $30,000. Your right I wish I never sold that car. Today I own a 1994 corvette convertible as a toy with 22000 miles on it very fast car handles and stops much better than the Roadrunner BUT not the same !!!! I like you miss the old muscle cars !!!

I had a '70 Mach 1, 351 4V Cleveland, Hurst shifted 4 speed, 3.50 Traction-Lok, Sport slats/spoiler, every option but air. Grabber Blue with white seats, very rare color combo. It was in near perfect shape at 3 years old, I got $900 trade in value. I'm an idiot. Today $900 is basically pocket money to me...lol

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Unfortunately it was a 383 couldn't afford the Hemi option. I think it was like 300 or 400 bucks more. I only paid $2900.00 out the door! Today the car is worth approx. $30,000. Your right I wish I never sold that car. Today I own a 1994 corvette convertible as a toy with 22000 miles on it very fast car handles and stops much better than the Roadrunner BUT not the same !!!! I like you miss the old muscle cars !!!

I think everyone drove a 383 once. I did. My wife did, before I met her. My friends did. Great engine, but the only thing louder than the exhaust was the sucking sound from the gas tank.

I have a jeep with the 5.2 liter V8, and it's just a new name on the old Chrysler 318. I had to give it a valve job at 235,000 miles, and the mechanic said there wasn't even a ridge in the cylinders.

 

[JDgreen227]

I think everyone drove a 383 once. I did. My wife did, before I met her. My friends did. Great engine, but the only thing louder than the exhaust was the sucking sound from the gas tank.

I have a jeep with the 5.2 liter V8, and it's just a new name on the old Chrysler 318. I had to give it a valve job at 235,000 miles, and the mechanic said there wasn't even a ridge in the cylinders.

318 V8 was the best engine Chrysler ever built. Akin to the GM 3800 V6 and the Ford 300 inline six.

 

[tcreeley]

I've had my vinyl door corrode in a similar fashion. I think it is condensation inside the door. The sawdust glued core (pressboard) absorbs the moisture and over time swells and disintegrates. The sawdust has to go somewhere and it expands with moisture and bows the panels, or corrodes the aluminum. A real wood core would hold up better, or a strofoam core door. Nothing lasts it seems. anymore.

 

[JDgreen227]

I've had my vinyl door corrode in a similar fashion. I think it is condensation inside the door. The sawdust glued core (pressboard) absorbs the moisture and over time swells and disintegrates. The sawdust has to go somewhere and it expands with moisture and bows the panels, or corrodes the aluminum. A real wood core would hold up better, or a strofoam core door. Nothing lasts it seems. anymore.

I have a 15 year old Larsen on my south side, vinyl clad, and the core is severly swelled from moisture, I am going to replace it with the type of storm door they call "mid view" where the kick panel section is only about 12 to 18 inches high. On both the aluminum clad door in my original post and the the vinyl clad door I mention here, the kick panel areas are waist height. That is a much larger area of particle board that can absorb moisture. The full view doors that have no kick panels have no particle board kick panel BUT the weight of the glass gradually warps the door frame and makes it sag. The ChamberDoor models I am considering are specified as NOT having a wood core in the kick panel...not sure what they use...BUT the most expensive premium models are specified as having a wood core. Yeah, probably particle board there too...a $300 door should have better core material.

 

[clemsonfor]

I have a 15 year old Larsen on my south side, vinyl clad, and the core is severly swelled from moisture, I am going to replace it with the type of storm door they call "mid view" where the kick panel section is only about 12 to 18 inches high. On both the aluminum clad door in my original post and the the vinyl clad door I mention here, the kick panel areas are waist height. That is a much larger area of particle board that can absorb moisture. The full view doors that have no kick panels have no particle board kick panel BUT the weight of the glass gradually warps the door frame and makes it sag. The ChamberDoor models I am considering are specified as NOT having a wood core in the kick panel...not sure what they use...BUT the most expensive premium models are specified as having a wood core. Yeah, probably particle board there too...a $300 door should have better core material.

They prolly use the PVC wood like they now make for Facia bord and what they use on boats these days to make the furnature and floors out of. they make it in 4x8ft sheets that are 3/4. Im thinking its either $100 or several hundred dollars for one sheet.

 

[JDgreen227]

They prolly use the PVC wood like they now make for Facia bord and what they use on boats these days to make the furnature and floors out of. they make it in 4x8ft sheets that are 3/4. Im thinking its either $100 or several hundred dollars for one sheet.

Know what you mean, something like the plastic deck lumber...maybe not. I am going to Menards tomorrow will check to see if they know what is on the cores these days.