probably rotten becus its been sat out to face the elements.

my grandad owned a 97 reg escort from new a mk6 and by 2006 it had done 34,000 miles, the arches where shot, the door bottoms and bootlid were all rusting where water had sat and gunked up the drain holes, year after that it had to have the spare wheel tray welded, had a fist sized hole, that had soggy carpets all the time, smelt like a swamp inside.. lol enjoy...