The Ford 'Anglia' and rust-riddled bodywork: it was just that which brought about the demise of my 'Anglia'. I was going to work one morning, pushed the clutch pedal down - and my foot went through the floor! 
A real-life example from 'Magic Moments'. 
'Magic Moments' - Perry Como:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ND3oghPL5M&feature=kp
Some time later, I bought a replacement car: a Hillman Imp 'Californian'. What a mistake! It went through more 'doughnuts' * in the six months I had it than I could eat in a lifetime! When it blew its head gasket, that was the end of that; sold for scrap.
*This is a rear-engined car. The transmission is coupled to the rear half-axles by a pair of rubber and steel rings to accommodate misalignment: these are the 'doughnuts'. But that design was very obviously a total failure.
Al.
A real-life example from 'Magic Moments'. 'Magic Moments' - Perry Como:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ND3oghPL5M&feature=kp
Some time later, I bought a replacement car: a Hillman Imp 'Californian'. What a mistake! It went through more 'doughnuts' * in the six months I had it than I could eat in a lifetime! When it blew its head gasket, that was the end of that; sold for scrap.
*This is a rear-engined car. The transmission is coupled to the rear half-axles by a pair of rubber and steel rings to accommodate misalignment: these are the 'doughnuts'. But that design was very obviously a total failure.
Al.
