Re: New Paint - soon..

[Bob Farrell <farrell@icdh16.dseg.ti.com>]

You didn't say what color your Rabbit is/was. My '77 Scirocco is/was Silver
(no, I don't remember the official name of the color,) but it was essentially
non-existant after a couple of years. Based on items I had seen in magazines
at the time, others were having the same problem and some people were 
pressuring VW into new paintjobs. This was peculiar to '77 silver. 
When I repaint I'm thinking of Imron clear coat, still in silver.

So, not all older VW paint was so wonderful. 

Happy Sciroccoing,
Bob Farrell

> 
> My '78 Rabbit (German built) had the original paint when I sold it at
> 215,000 miles.  It had the front fenders repainted following an incident
> in the parking lot in '82.  When I sold it in '95, the original paint
> looked great, and the repair looked faded.  My other German built/painted
> A1's have been of similar durability.  From what I have seen of US built
> A1's, thay just didn't paint them the same way.  The A2's that I have
> taken a close look at didn't seem very good either.
> 
> Long live the A1!
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