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Originally Posted by fatgas
I'll cop a heap of flak for this but the explanation is simple, the Falcons of that era have rusted away. Paint prep wasn't Ford's forte (no pun intended) and it carried over to the B-series and to a lesser extent the F-series too. Holden painted their cars to a much higher standard than Ford.
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100% on the money.
Not to mention, the AU was less rust prone than the EL and that could potentially account for the higher 1999 figures than 1998.
Holdens have been considerably less rust prone than the equivalent Ford since VN.