First off here is a little history on the car.
In 2002 I found this 1973 1.7 in a field outside Laramie WY where it had been sitting since 1982 with some other VWs. After bolting on some webers and swapping out the battery, fluids, and tires I drove it out of there.
As you can see she was pretty rough but other than some surface rust she was darn near rust free.