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Skyedriver

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18,889 posts

289 months

Tuesday 15th June 2021
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Why do the sills rust out on these when the cars were galvanised from new (weren't they?).
Do the cabrios rot out worse? Obviously if the sills rust on a cabrio it's worse structurally, were the sills reinforced?
Don't own one but on my bucket list.
Thanks

Maxym

2,192 posts

243 months

Tuesday 15th June 2021
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Galvanisation doesn't last forever and the youngest of those cars is around 25 years old now.

944 Man

1,814 posts

139 months

Friday 22nd October 2021
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Galvanisation is a sacrificial process. It isnt a magic spell. It lasts until it is used up and then they rust. The issue is your failure to understand what galvanising is and/or expecting magic.