Originally Posted by
studabear
Truck looks great, welcome.
I had a S1 when I was a lad, I know have a zetec turbo powered cabriolet, the tin tops handle a lot better and are worth more. Although the cabriolets appear to be a lot more resistant to corrosion and you don't have to worry about sunroof rot.
As far as I'm aware the cabs have a thicker metal body based on the van, probably why they seem to survive, rust wise.
Mine was rear ended fairly hard by a GTE cabby years ago trashed the gte, bonnet, wings, lights, bumper etc, my cabby didn't have a scratch.