The Porsche idea is a good one, but not the 914. How about a 924? That's basically the German counterpart to the MGB Coupé, but with corrosion resistance.
Fully galvanized since 1980.
So why do they still rot?
Howard, having spent rather a lot of time welding in patches to my own Porsches, I suspect the important thing is that they do indeed rot despite being galvanised more so the air cooled variety, as they did not have the benefit of plastic guards under the wings to stop crud being thrown into the corners where it would collect to create the usual corrosion traps...oncee Porsche started fitting underwing guards things began to improve, but I have seen Porsches as late as 997`s with bubbling around the edges of the wings that will be hiding corrosion issues none to simple to resolve... Condensation within closed sections is also part of the cause of corrosion, as it is on many vehicles....
Not many closed sections on my Trad...(-:
