Unkel Kunkel Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) In the seventies, getting your car Ziebart cavity wax treated was quite the thing. One used to see cars with a sticker : What happened to them? Are there classic cars that are now remarkably rust-free because they were treated? You would think it might be a good selling point- have you seen it it mentioned in an old car advert? Was it an “elixir of youth” for cars ? Edited June 6, 2023 by Unkel Kunkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 I had the 2000 done by Rustmasters about 5 years ago but locally they have disapeared has a nice hologram on the screen Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Sometimes they'd plug the holes with a very snazzy cap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranksVitesse Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 I had a Fiesta back in the day which was ziebarted,WTL333W.It is still on the dvla data base but not taxed since the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 One of our locals has a TR7 which was Ziebarted - it's survived very well with no welding required. Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Still About?. https://www.ziebartworld.com/en/service/rust-protection Was always an expensive "option", I think Father had his Second Anglia "Super" done. And it cost a serious amount of money back in the Mid/Late 60`s. That car is no longer on the DVLA database, so I expect it`s gone the way of many more, despite the "treatment". Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 I'm sure it's helped many a Triumph survive, especially the later ones built after 1975 with the poorer quality foreign steel? Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Did it stay flexible longterm? Looking at cars that had been treated, I always felt that it was like underseal gone hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed.h Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) I use an aerosol product that looks, feels, and smells identical to what Ziebart used. It dries sort of waxy, and doesn't go hard (at least not in ten years or so). Ed Edited June 9, 2023 by ed.h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 I had a dog poo brown Dolly about 15 years ago that had Ziebart and it was solid. Wish my current TR7 had 🙄😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian GT6. Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Mine was ziebarted from new and has no rust. It was kept in a garage all the time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I think the quality of the application made a big difference as well - some technicians just did the easy, obvious bits and signed the car off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian GT6. Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 12/07/2023 at 18:37, johny said: I think the quality of the application made a big difference as well - some technicians just did the easy, obvious bits and signed the car off.... I think so. Mine has holes drilled in the sills and in other places. Ive since covered it inside and out with modern cavity wax, forgotten the brand, but it comes from Frosts in aerosols with tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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