After fighting rust and losing on a 1981 VW Rabbit that I bought for $4k (sad how far it's fallen now) I agree, the rust scares me away from this one. Sad thing. Also the fact that my wife doesn't like it

I wish I knew how to do body work.


Is there an actual way to effectively prevent rust on these old cars? Hypothetically speaking, if you start with a rust free body, is there something you can do to a daily-winter-salt-snow driven vehicle that will make it last 20 years? That's my goal.