Did you used to have a rusty car?

Ah the good old days where everyone had a bottle of water a tin of wd40 and a bit of sandpaper for roadside repairs.
 
Laughing said:
Ah the good old days where everyone had a bottle of water a tin of wd40 and a bit of sandpaper for roadside repairs.
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Proper motoring. Every journey was a lottery 🙂 Jump leads also essential, but I used to try and park on a hill so I could get a rolling jump start without having to ask people for a push
 
A yellow Renault 10 (OHH 151G), lovely seats and did get us all the way to the South of France in 1971….and back home, each journey took 3 days.
 
Datsun Cherry first car in 1983 not built for the UK weather and salted roads of the North. I trusted my late dad's decision, I didn't ask him ever again about picking a second hand car.

I had a Ford Fiesta 1.3 bought from someone in Grosmont in 1988 (so had being exposed to heavy salting and rough weather) - held togther by rust and only 6 years old, but could shift. I only had it it from February 1988 to November 1988, but it saw some great footballing times.

I also had a Escort Mark 11, it would never start in cold damp weather

The only cars that you could trust with rust in the 1980s were the German and Scandinavian ones (VW, BMW, Volvo).

Where I live the roads are not salted very often and it makes a difference. I remember going to London in 1978 for a short break and never saw a rusty car, they rarely salt. The rust usually started at the bottom of the front doors and front sills where the road salt reacting with water. The car bodies were metal. nowadays they seem to be a cross between metal and plastic. Reliants (Robins and Schimitar) were fibreglass, Land Rovers and Audis aluminium which cut down on the rust.
 
First car was a 1973 Renault 6TL bought in 1980. As many others have said already, more rust than body. I looking into the engine compartment, I leant on the bonnet edge and put my fingers through the latticework. Always carried jump leads, WD40 and a towrope.
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My dad bought TriumphDolomite Sprint new from Cleveland Motors in Darlington and within six months the offside wing was rusted through and needed to be replaced. The bodywork shop said it must have been parked up for months before sale without primer !!
 
tenten said:
My dad bought TriumphDolomite Sprint new from Cleveland Motors in Darlington and within six months the offside wing was rusted through and needed to be replaced. The bodywork shop said it must have been parked up for months before sale without primer !!
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I had a dolly and it was, by and large rust free. It was the car I cut my mechanical teeth on.
 
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