My first car was a ‘74 Pinto. Despite its bad reputation, it was not terrible as a car.
I’ve heard that on a quiet night, you can hear a Vega rust.
Vega had an interesting system that in theory was supposed to abate the inner body rust. Some kind of electrolytic passivation. In practice they were unable to get all the electrolyte out after the step (I guess they could have baked it, but that would have cost too much), and the moisture, you guessed it, did what moisture does on sheet metal.
I had a pinto, baby blue. Went forever. I knew people who listened to their Vega rust.