Rust, rust, rust.
Brakes failed completely one wet stormy night and I had to have the whole system replaced. That was the major thing, otherwise it went well.
Had to scrap it when the apron which separates you from the engine had rusted through and there was only a piece of carpet there to protect me.
Once I got the engine tuned correctly it was brilliant. If only Ford could get the rust proofing right they would be more successful. The engine was brill but the bodywork let it down big time. The engine had 76,000 miles on it when it was scrapped, but it would have done that again easily.
Well, I use an Orion (1986 build), and it has more than 230.000 km behind it... Rust is rather a design problem as no serious corrosion appeared. The brake system had to be replaced though. After all, this car proved to be extremely robust - and is far from shredding...
Dude from Hungary.
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