Until I was 10 years old, we lived less than 4 miles from the Pacific ocean, Dad bought a 1968 Coronet brand new and by the time we GTFO of California (thank god) in 1974, the lower 1/4's were rotted through already. I always wonder if that started the rust problem on that car and made it worse than if it had been a Wisconsin car all it's life. There is nothing left of it, even the tops of the 1/4's are rusted out, bumpers are almost gone, floors and trunk, gone, t-bar x-member, gone. I mean it's BAD. A guy is taking it for parts, mainly the 8 3/4" and me and my brother are going to take off what little is good yet (padded dash pieces, grille, roller knob radio, heater controls, and dash rocker switches and,,,,,,,,,,,,,well, that's pretty much it) for someone who may be looking for those pieces and the rest, I hate to say, off to Yaeger's Auto Salvage. Hell, his '62 Fury was rusted out in the lower front fenders, above the headlights and a little bit in the 1/'4s when we moved. I remember him fixing the front fenders when we still lived out there in socialist land. What saved it from MASS rust was it was only driven in 7 or 8 Wisconsin winters and never again after that. I know this Aspen is a Vermont car but my point is, just because a car might be advertised as a "southern California car", doesn't mean it's not rotted. Close to an ocean, no matter what state and there will be rust. Almost worse since it's usually hidden rust. My Mustang is from southern CA BUT, according to the paperwork, it lived somewhere in Simi Valley, a long ways from the ocean and in the 8 years it's been here, never seen a winter. Big difference! Meaning absolutely zero rust.