Thanks ...well i live in the heart of the Rust Belt. I still see old Bronco twos,well worn f series , and old chevies still toolin down the road around here. Cant sneak up on an old chevy without smelling it first though...man them things run RICH. If I could put a big funnel on the front of my truck,direct it to the intake,i could boost my fuel mileage a little !
I remember when the DATSUN's first showed up in this area way back in the 70's... It was entertaining to watch them ,all pretty and stuff for the first 3tto 4 years...then a condition we call "spontaneous rust" would set in. It would happen practically overnight. All of a sudden you would have 15-30 rust spots show up,bout the size of half dollars. The american trucks, it was predictable in 5 to 10 years, from the bottom up unless you had it rustproofed when new . The imports had a LOT of badly recycled steel in them.