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Re: Rustophobia



I have never tried this. Does it tend to save on the dreeded rear axle mount
rot that happens to us east coasters? i am battleing this and deciding to
fix the spot or to actually just get a new shell and start over. Anyone have
any Ideas about to go about tackling this problem?


----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
To: J. McReynolds <sigmac@portland.quik.com>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: Rustophobia


>Hey, you guys ever oil undercoated your cars? It only costs $30, and if you
>don't mind wiping down the rocker panels and stuff afterwards, it really
saves
>cars! My dad had a '67 Volvo that he drove all the time, had well over 250K
on
>it, in New England, that had almost no rust because he oil undercoated it.
>After your factory undercoating deteriorates, it's the way to go. Get it
done
>once a year, it'll save your car.
>    -Josiah
>    '84 GTi
>    '86 Scirocco (buy me!)
>    '87 QSW
>    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
>
>J. McReynolds wrote:
>
>> I don't know--you guys are scarin' me with your sordid tales of
>> rust and Mk1 body deterioration.  I used to live where it was very
>> dry.  The culture was dry, the social life was dry, but mostly the
>> climate was dry.  Now I live in a city where they've had the third
>> wettest Nov. in history and it's only going to get wetter.  I am
>> doomed.  My '79 is doomed.  OK, I'll try not to panic, but I do
>> feel the beginnings of.  .  .  .  .  .  .  rustophobia.
>>
>> Excuse me while I go out and check for any chips, dings,
>> undercarriage exuding this cancer.  Damn, I was just beginning to
>> like this city!
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>>
>>
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