I know Ka's rust, but............

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Jesus!! 

 

 

2005 as well. It had no sill left on passenger side. I mean, it wasn't there.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Okay, so I lied a bit. There was a sill, but Kelloggs style.

[LabRat]

Wow.

 

I reckon a bit of t-cut and gaffer tape and it'll be road legal* in no time!

 

 

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[garethj]

[pistonheads mode]That's a twelve year old car, what do you expect from something so ancient?[/pistonheads mode]

 

That's got to hurt, I suppose it wasn't too obvious until you started to prod at it?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

One good kick to the sill and it just fell off. But the rear quarter was like that already. 

[J-Rod]

[pistonheads mode]That's a twelve year old car, what do you expect from something so ancient?[/pistonheads mode]

 

That's got to hurt, I suppose it wasn't too obvious until you started to prod at it?

Surely 'what do you expect from something outside of a lease agreement?'

[Split_Pin]

Wow that's some prime-time rampant rot there ðŸ˜Â

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I told another lie - it wasn't a 2003 - it was 2005 05 plate. And absolutely fucked beyond repair. It's the worst one I've ever seen I think.

[billyboy406v6]

Bet the interior is immaculate, so well worth buying !!!

[oldcars]

Numbers 8, 10 & 12 please 

 

The rot is mad on that. Mum had a 53 plate one that she got rid off, was worse under the fuel filler that that one so god knows what it was like under the plastic bumpers.

[Vince70]

It doesn't look that bad it's still rot free around the petrol cap and the door bottoms look ok 😀

[Taff]

I've got a biscuit tine here that has been in my Grandads garage since 1937 and it's got less rust than that

[cobblers]

When working and not rusty they are fun cheap simple car, but I've never known anything to rust the way they do. They seem to rot from the inside out in a more or less uniform fashion, so by the time you see a couple of blebs on the outside theres only the paint holding it together

 

I've welded a few up and turned 50p size blisters into 4 foot long gaping holes just using a housekey.

 

Evans Halshaw had a 55 plate one in Rotherham for sale for not far shy of £3k complete with underseal tidemark and big blebs round the fuel cap. Only 29k miles though.

[J-Rod]

My mum's got one - her Rover 6 gave out after many attempts at saving it. She then went and paid way over the odds for one of these (about the same year as this too and misery-spec). I'm tempted to send her this thread to try and get her to part ways with it...

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It doesn't look that bad it's still rot free around the petrol cap  

 

It wasn't - it had been filled and painted on that whole side.

[sierraman]

That's terminal that is. You cannot reasonably weld that up viably. What are you going to do? Skip it?

 

You could always rivet some old road signs to the big holes, get some chicken wire, newspaper and copious amounts of Isopon, then trowel it on thick.

[Pillock]

I'm hoping you've just found that in a scrap yard. Mind you, the rear quarter would be behind the big lumps of plastic so makes you wonder how many on the road are like that.

[Vince70]

At least you don't need to worry about getting it to the bridge.. I think if you tapped it with a broom the rest of it should crumble away to dust then all you need to do is sweep it up..

 

Only thing don't throw it in the green recycle bin as I think thats for metal rather than flaky rust I doubt any of that can be turned into washing machines or Chinese eBay tat.

 

Has it been living by the coast all its life or was it actually parked up in the sea.

[nacho man]

I bought my brothers missus a ka a few weeks ago, you gotta admit they're a brill small car though (rust aside).

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I spotted it in a scrapyard and couldn't believe how bad it was. Mine is only 18 months newer but whilst it's required a pretty involved repair to the fuel filler area, the rest of it is fine. Going to get it up on the ramp next week and rustproof it properly with some Waxoyl and the air fed Waxoyl gun and lances. With 10-0 psi behind it, it's going to get everywhere it needs to. 

 

I reckon there will only be a tiny handful of these left in 10 years. Easily the biggest rust bucket in the last 15 years, proper Mini / 1100 style rot.

[flat4alfa]

Worse than any Alfasud I've owned, they were at an older age too

 

*Probably worse than a Ford 100E was at similar age

[Brian Damage]

Fucking hell...Only 10 years old, too?  That's ridiculous.  It really does make you wonder how many similar deathtraps are running around out there.  When they're on the road and with less holes than a teabag, they are great fun.  Easily the nearest thing in spirit to the Mini I've ever driven.  That rot makes 1100s look as durable as the pyramids by comparison...

[overrun]

......rustproof it properly with some Waxoyl and the air fed Waxoyl gun and lances. With 10-0 psi behind it, it's going to get everywhere it needs to......

That's a good one!

[Cavcraft]

Just cements what I've always said about them, they're absolute and utter crap.

[Lacquer Peel]

Ka is rust.

[sierraman]

Ford Ka's were specially treated at the factory with a saline based solution to keep garages in welding work. FACT!

[greengartside]

They rot so badly. It's getting so well known now that I'd say 95% of eBay ads for Ka's now feature an obligatory 'petrol filler cap shot'.

 

SWMBO's best friend had an '06-plate Ka and she's just scrapped it because it was rotten as a pear.

 

Shame as they aren't that bad a car IMHO.

[RichardK]

Looks like a W210. Fords have Mercedes build quality!

[twosmoke300]

They rot so badly. It's getting so well known now that I'd say 95% of eBay ads for Ka's now feature an obligatory avoid showing the 'petrol filler cap shot'.

 

 

 

[Shep Shepherd]

I disliked Kas when they were new. I dislike them even more now they are bangers.

 

 

 

Pawnote: That first pic is so horrific, I had to tweet it.