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Old 06-22-2011, 07:52 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Joenavy85 View Post
Don't rusted out body syructures preceed just about everything up north? my girlfriends uncle had a Porsche 914 literally rust in half from all the salt thrown down in winter time.(obviously the owner is partly to blame for not maintaining it but still)
914s are notorious for folding in half when the top is taken off. At least, in areas that use road salt, they are.

Un-galvanized sheet metal (that isn't massively thick) tends to disappear after the upper-midwest winters. Even new-ish cars with galvanized body panels and decent undercoating tend to start rotting after a while.

-soD
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