rust

I'm looking to buy an X1/9. It's my understanding that rust protection got better in ~1984 but can't find useful details. How did it get better? How much better did it get? Is it worth paying a bit of a premium for later model cars? Any useful websites you could point me to for more info...

Hello all. Life gets in the way, and stopped me from finding my X 1/9 when I was last here two years ago. Now I think I am in the right place in my career, and there is a kind local gent who has an '80 X 1/9 with 99,xxx miles that I'm going to look at tomorrow. The car smokes on startup, and...

Not mine, not affiliated. The car should be saved depending on the rust or at least sacrificed to help everyone else out. https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/dodge-fiat-desoto-dart-sold/6250884451.html There are some parts I would like to snag off of it should a person want to jump on it.