Combining steel and stainless

cantdecide

I know of someone who is restoring an old FIAT 127 that he has had for years and will NEVER sell. It being an Italian rust bucket, he was thinking about making up his inner cills out of stainless but he's not sure if there could be problems with electrolysis????

What you think??

peasant

Yes, there will be problems.

Especially in an area like the sills where there is direct metal to metal contact and little crevices for water to sit in and act as an electrolyte ...not a good idea.

A well prepped mild steel part with good primer and paintwork and some meticulous after sealing with waxoyl or similar would be the better solution.

Blue850

Just curious, any more info on the 127?, year,colour, engine size etc. I've owned over a dozen of the things:D

cantdecide

Blue850 wrote: »

Just curious, any more info on the 127?, year,colour, engine size etc. I've owned over a dozen of the things:D

'78 900cc in yellow, owned since '86 and restored once already in the early 90s. He's after getting a a blue '77 for parts which in some ways is better than his own.

I like these yokes. My family is full of FIATs.

Blue850

First car I had was a 78 903cc, best was a Sport with a 1300GT engine in it.
Little belters of cars, but they'd teach Alfasuds how to rust:D

cantdecide

Blue850 wrote: »

First car I had was a 78 903cc, best was a Sport with a 1300GT engine in it.
Little belters of cars, but they'd teach Alfasuds how to rust:D

JohnBoy

also not easy to get a strong weld between the two, and most forms of stainless (stainless is very much a group of alloys as opposed to just one) are relatively brittle and not ideal for such structural work.

carchaeologist

Why bother,it would probably rust around the stainless anyway!!!:)

Love 127s!!