I lived in Minneapolis/Saint Paul for about ten years, and many people had "winter beaters" that were rust buckets they drove to save their "dress" cars from the ice.
This is not a strictly northern problem, either. When I lived in Texas, I used to visit Port Aransas, a funky little island community on the Texas coast northeast of Corpus Christi. The salt air there devoured cars with the same hunger as road salt. In fact, they used to have a parade/festival every year, and the rustiest car won a prize!
Tony B.
Boise, Idaho
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From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Jones
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:30 AM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] car lifespans
While driving around Detroit in 1990, I saw many cars with the doors so
rusted, that you could see the window lifts.
Door skins actually rusted away to up above the side chrome. Lower
Quarters and Fenders completely gone, the metal left flapping in the
breeze.
What class would they be shown in?
Ray
On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Ron Waters wrote:
> Actually, that's quite believable. I lived in Syracuse in the mid-70s.
> Because they got tons of lake-effect snow, roads were salted like mad
> from Oct to April. You would see cars that were less than 5 years old
> with serious rust. Many folks put the good car away and drove a
> 'winter rat' during the snowy months.
>
> Ron
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