Salt on the roads

One other thing I remembered was my next door neighbor 70' Duster. It was just a regulation daily driver, but she had no floor mats and after about 6yrs, the driver side floor pan was absolutely toast. The car didn't leak, so I assumed that dragging in her boots with salt on them, helped to rot it from the inside out. Salt was everywhere back then.....driveways, sidewalks, you name it.

I have floor mats on top of the original looking floor mats