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Originally Posted by andy_d
and you wonder why they earnt the name "dagenham dustbins" ,,,
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That term goes back much further than I care to remember and refers to a time when Ford cars didn't have wheel arch liners, and all the water and salt and mud thrown up by the front tyres found their way into various nice little traps where rust would germinate and bloom, leading to new air intakes and added ventilation for the outer and inner wings.
I owned two true Dagenham dustbins.The second one, a Ford Consul 2.5 V6 estate, appeared to include an unsuccessful attempt at gull-wing doors inasmuch as the door skins had largely separated from the doorframes due to rust inside the bottoms of the doors. This was in a six year-old car.
Things have certainly improved since then, and there are still some pristine early third generation Mondeos around.