[T3] see we have rust on the west coast!

["joshua brooks" <joshua_bro@msn.com>]

  Just to comment on the subject, I live in California and cringe when I see 
the ads for california body parts. Yes we have rust here. After 35 years a 
car can rust to nothing. In the mountains road salt is used and on the 
coast, salt air.
  I went with a friend to San Fransico to check out a bus he was thinking of 
buying. The neighborhood was near the ocean and very damp. As we walked down 
the street I noticed that almost all of the parked cars had rust bubbles 
coming through the paint. Some had large rust holes in the body work. 
Needless to say the bus was rusty. He bought it anyway and used it for a 
daily driver.
  My squareback has extensive rust In the rear deck area over the engine. I 
have a replacement piece cut out of a donor car but have yet to work up the 
courage to cut the piece out of my car and weld the new one in.

Josh Brooks 

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