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Editor Glad admits it freely. Our '64 El Camino shop truck is a beater. His prepurchase criterion of having a rust-free cab was validated. There is no rust around the windshield, back glass, and cowl, ...

Most serious restoration projects start with the body. If you are as lucky as we are, that body is a relatively solid and rust-free example of Mopar's best. Our 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T is a project ...

A car can expire from rust. Although newer models withstand rust far better than older ones, no car is totally immune. Driving a car in a humid environment makes it even more vulnerable. Additionally, ...

One of the most dreaded problems for anyone restoring a classic car, no matter what year or make, is rust. And one of the most common places that metal "cancer" strikes is in the trunk. If you're ...

You can live with scratches on your car — but you shouldn't. Scratches are like the old torture of death by a thousand cuts. Eventually, they'll destroy your car's finish by allowing rust to develop.

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You can typically fix a rock chip that is about one-fourth the size of a dime (that’s about a 1/8 to a 1/4 inch in size). The paint chip shown here should have been repaired long ago. You probably ...