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Old 10-16-2009, 11:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ford Man View Post
I'm lucky in the rust department. Although the car has some rust, since our winters are really mild hear in the Peidmont of the Carolina's about all I have is some surface rust and a couple small holes where are common rust points on the older Escorts. I used to try to keep them filled with bondo and primed, but then I decided the rust didn't look no worse than the primer spots.

Just think I have another '88 Escort that I bought back in the summer that only has 79,XXX miles on it. If it lasts as many miles as the the Pony has it will probably out last me.
Northerners, myself included, have lots of problems with the rear strut towers.
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