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Blimey Tony that takes you back a bit, but then rust hasn't gone away its just better covered than it used to be by things like those sill covers.
I'm the first to condemn owners too bone idle to wash their cars underneath after a thorough soaking, especially after the salt has gone, particularly round the wheelarches but apart from dismantling half the car difficult to see what one could reasonbly do in this case unless you were a real rust prevention enthusiast. And got down to waxoyling etc.
From the look of that corrosion i would say its been perforated for at least 5 years.
Not as simple a job as it looks either, the inner sections of the sills are perforated too, in order to get the original strength back new inserts as well as outer sills will be needed, and thats without removing the carpets and treads andf checking the inner sill covers which will most likely be just as bad.
Rover P6's used to go like this, and in most cases as i suspect will happen with most X Type Mondeos, the inner sections will be left festering and new outer sills welded on, or worse plated, covers replaced, lick of paint and hey presto a perfect car....that has lost a serious amount of body strength.
Most people would have a shock if they looked properly under their cars, under the plastic covers, i can't resist chucking when i read how modern cars don't rust anymore and peope really do believe it.
Eventually my old '96 MB will require a full strip down and refurb if i keep it past 2016, had it 10 years now.
Not only does it have full sill covers, but the bottom half of the doors and rear quarters (its a 2 door coupe) are covered too, i dread to think what lurks under there.
Edited by gordonbennet on 14/04/2013 at 17:54
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