Originally Posted by verstraete

I have my doubts about the wisdom of driving the E-Type on winter roads if they are salted. My ex drove a new Austin Healy 3000 as her DD in New Jersey in 1966. Rust bubbles were visible in less then a year. I eventually ended up with the car, had rust damage repaired after a fashion regularly, but finally sold it after the frame rails were partially eaten away.

Salted roads often quickly led to serious rust problems in cars, particularly British cars, built before qalvanized steel was commonly used. Rust in the unit body construction E-type would be even worse to deal with than the body on frame Healy.

Pre-galvanized Porsches, pre-1974 I think, were just as vulnerable. The saying in the late 60's was that after a Porsche was exposed to snow and salt and garaged, you could actually hear the rust progressing if you listened carefully.