Billy ... welcome again.
I'm moving your thread to the coach forum, because questions about rust seem to be the main concern of your thread.
If you check the ownership issues forum you'll find a "sticky" regarding VIN decoding.
I hope you'll enjoy being a part of this commmunity of wonderful people, i.e. DeTomaso owners.
-G
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