Yes, this is one of the places that I squirt the 'Krown' rust check stuff.  Every
month or so I go over the van with the spray bootle and and spray every
crevice I can find.   Malcolm S

Mark wrote:

> In cleaning up some light rust on my '85 I noticed some fairly bad rust
> through on the front wheel arch foot step.  The rust is not visible at all
> unless you remove the rubber pad.  Right side had fairly small patch
> requiring a 1"x2" welded patch.  The left side is much worse and will
> require probably a 4"x6" patch or larger.  Just a warning to everyone to
> regularly pull up that rubber pad and check under there.  The holes in the
> metal apparently aren't sealed off all that well by the rubber pad "barbs"
> and salty water etc. must settle between the rubber pad and the step.  I
> never pulled up the pad to clean out under there and I'm paying for it
> now.
>
> Mark