In the climate where I live, Western Pennsylvania, USA, all cars in the 1960s and 1970s quickly became one with the road. The old saying was if you went into your garage at night, you could hear them rusting. My father bought a Fiat 128 in 1971 and by late 1972 it was completely rusted out. I will never forget going to look at a one owner, very low mileage (less than 7000 miles) 1967 MGB roadster in the late 1990's that was beautiful, with original paint and interior looking like it had not even been sat in, but with both outer sills completely gone. The owner bought it new, for his daughter, who drove it for a year before putting it away. It still had the studded snow tires on the rear. I bought a one owner, 30,000 mile 1965 MGB in 1980 and watched the highway through the huge hole in the driver's floor when I drove it home. Oh, the good old days!


John Linkosky

1995 4/4
2005 Roadster
2016 3W Superdry Edition