SLOWING down the rust monster..........

I have had many project cars. One thing I found interesting ( in a bad way!) is how I could have a rust free car, da down to bare metal in that pesky lower rear quarter, and BOOM! I see all kind of rust "pinholes". YEP... Rusting from the inside. Only real cure is cut all that OUT all tht bad metal. ALL of it.
I have a car buddy, that restored his 67 GTX hemi car, leaves it in an enclosed pole barn, limestone gravel floor. He does not look at it for 2-3 years. The rechromed bumpers had rusted to heck, rust trying to appear her and there on the body, mice pissed in the interior, carbs were bad......HUMIDITY!!!! and that lime gravel draws moisture in that building, and the prigging car over!!!!
Low humidity in Ca. and Southwest help with the ravages of rust. Also the absence of salt on the roads in winter. But even in this environment one gets rust in lower 1/4's, floors, trunk
floors, etc. Structural parts are usually pretty solid because of the previously mentioned reasons. Also never cover a car in Winter unless like in one of the previous posts the person mentioned
a de-humidifier. I used to live in Indiana and had a 68 Road Runner that I kept in a rented garage in Winter. One year I had a cover on it and it was big mistake, made surface rust on chrome
air cleaner and other parts. Covers trap moisture.