Originally Posted by
visa_broke
looking over the pictures again its surprising just how bad one of these can rust. I've had a couple in the past but didn't have them for long, just bought cheap to sell on and i've heard a few people say about the rust.
Glad to see one's being saved, just get some decent rust protection on once done.
Yea i think ford really fucked up with the rust issue on these. We had a sportka from 5 years old and it already had the usual rust on the petrol cap and rear wiper. By the time we'd had it a few years the sills and windscreen pillar were well on their way! Which is a shame because they are good cars other than that.being based on the same platform as the fiesta mk3 was never a good start as they have to be right up the near top of the list for rustiest ford lol