Antique & Classic Cars Blog

To go with the utterly incredibly rare and much loved Borg Warner T10 4-speed transmission a Fountain City, WI, wrecking yard handed over for $110, I sourced this 1963 Buick Skylark/Special U-joint on eBay for under $20, including shipping.

It has some surface rust on the caps–outsides only so not too relevant–which seemed like a good opportunity to test an old theory: does white vinegar remove rust? On the insides of my TR6 fuel tank after sitting a few years, the answer was yes, but I think I also added salt then, which I did not do here.

In response to whether white vinegar alone gets the job done, we must say…not so much. It clearly loosened up some of it, which wiped right off, but the thicker stuff was undeterred. We’ll try again in the future with some other rusty piece and a measure of salt.

And if you think that surface to the left in the top photo, on which those greasy car parts are sitting, looks like a granite kitchen countertop, why that’s just– “Oh my gosh, look! Over there! Isn’t that a Supercharged Model J Duesenberg?! Look!!”

MAN WITH WRENCH runs off stage left.

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