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Rust
Nice work bdg 73 and wagonman76.
I remember quite well living in NH in the 60s and early 70s and the joys of keeping an old car alive, well and with state inspection sticker.
VWs-yeah liked to rust. Fiats-friend of mine had a 69 128 spider she got for graduation. In 72 it needed major surgery to pass state inspection. She sold it cheap to a guy with a shop and welder.
The european Fiat cousin/clones, SEAT, LADA et al. were not much better. I owned an Alfa 1750 in the 70s that was disintegrating before my eyes.
To be fair, US made cars often rusted out in a couple years back then.
The least rusty european I ever owned was a 63 Ford Taunus wagon. At 13 it wasn't very rusty at all. With over 200,000 kilometers on the clock the V-4 was knocking and the shift linkage (4 speed column shifter) was worn out, but it had very little rust.
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