Always impressed with your stats Rustic :thumb2
I'm convinced the earlier ones were much better made or treated for rust differently. My older ones were as good as rust free, but TDi ones I've owned and seen are tea bags when you get into them:augie
Keep it up
PS mines done 176000 and is more of Trigger's broom truck, hardly anything remains of the original:doh
Thanks for that, it is garaged when at home, the garage is an integral part of the house.
Wait for this..
if either of the cars are wet in the garage,
Wait for it......
I switch on a de-humidifier......:augie
Saves my tools getting rusty as well..:naughty
If the mav needs something, it is easy to sort it in hail rain or snow.
I also have a hosepipe by the door that I use to wash the salt off in the winter. Also a power washer and underbody lance.
I have removed the inner liners and plastic trim and coated everything in wax oyl, before putting them back. I have a jar of it ready for action.
I agree that the earlier models were better, and maybe the Ford version even better. But there are many hours of work that have gone into it.
It started when I was young, when cars in the 70's were rotten within 3 years, I was always chasing rust and rot.
When I find a good vehicle I keep it, we had an Ambassador 13 years, and that was rust free at the time of sale.
I am thinking of a dateless reg, like 123 ABC or one of the irish ones, or RUS 71C ( RUSTIC) would be good...:lol:lol:lol
