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Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62
The only way to thoroughly neutralize the salt water would be to immerse the body in an alkaline bath with multiple fresh water rinses. Even then, you are going to have to passivate the base metal to have a chance of not having rust.
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GM cars were so bad under the best conditions, it would be hard to be optimistic about that one. A real shame. The 70 TA I had was purchased in 1977. In 7 years of normal use before I bought it, the only usable sheet metal on the car was the roof and surprisingly the rocker panels. Hood, deck lid, quarter panels, fillers, valance panels, fenders, door skins all had rust holes through them. Metal was replaced, original metal was treated with the best materials of the time. Within 10 years of careful use, it began rusting again. Whoever they flip the car to better try and enjoy it quickly.