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Originally Posted by SteveP
They do and can do pretty badly!
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yeah ,
And there are reasons :: water leaks through the tailgate and runs down into the rear floor , front winscreen leaks run down into the front footwells , water runs down the gap in the top wings , water can run down the bottom part of the A pillars and into the car through the plastic membranes if they become detatched , On the early 3 door , water leaks down the rear pillar vents down on to the rear arches and they rust from inside . Somehow the windscreen lower panel rusts at the outer ends . the sections are waxed but certain places are missed and that is where the corrosion starts . Water gets into the doors and rots the upper part at the bottom of the window .
If you can find one of these immaculate ones , strip it down to the bare shell take the wings off and sort all these problems , otherwise it will disappear back into the ground in 20 - 30 years , One good thing is that it takes that time to cause problems , a wet floor will take over 10 years to produce holes ....