Generally true, but, not always, especially around here. I have a '52 Imperial Coupe that sat for over 20-years in the weeds like these two may have. I got the old Chrysler FirePower hemi fired up, aired up the tires, and drove it away. It had sunk a good 4-inches or so into the Colorado clay. But, surface rust only, where the paint had worn away. It was, and still is, solid in the trunk, floorboards, etc. And that's not the only rust-free/low-rust "field find" I've purchased. Rust is not a real problem out on the High Plains. Hail and tornados, in that order, are. This is Dust Bowl country.
Body-on-frame cars are less problematic. Unibody MBs are more rust-prone. Certainly, it would be interesting to see just how "relatively rust free" these guys are.
'Course, we're assuming these two cars have been out in the grass all that time, too.
Mark in Lakewood, CO
From: "Nate" <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 8:25:16 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Coupla Finny Diesels For Sale
From: "Nate" <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2011 8:25:16 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Coupla Finny Diesels For Sale
Nice but ;
grass growing underneath means rust , no way around that .
Grass has ruined more pristine old cars than salted roads .
I use old plywood to prevent this .
They looks pretty nice .
-Nate
Mark wrote:
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> Out on the high and dry Colorado Plains:
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> http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/2689849171.html
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> Mark in Lakewood, CO
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