I guess I just
never thought about it. My car, the 1965 Imperial, came from New
Mexico, but did live in California for a while and is practically
rust-free. I had a 1977 Chrysler New Yorker that my parents bought new in
Corpus Christi, Texas, and I drove it until 1993, when I sold it, and that car
didn't have any rust or corrosion on it. Body-wise, it shined like it just
came off the showroom floor.
Timothy
Callaway
1965 Imperial
Crown
The hub-ub is
that a car with black plates still on it means that the car is an original
California
car, which pretty much means that it will have little or no rust anywhere, even
underneath. There are some cases where the owner lived right on the
seashore, so there are a few original California cars around that have some body
rust – but generally, it’s a pretty safe assumption that there is nothing
serious. My own 67 (written up extensively on the IML site) had rust under
the vinyl top, because the car was poorly stored from 1978 until I got it in
1992- it was under a tree with all the leaf debris sitting on the roof for 14
years!. That car had never been out of Los Angeles county since new (It was only
driven in town by a very elderly lady, and had 35,000 Miles on it). But it
still did have rust on it due to the vinyl top and lack of
care.
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