Re: Galvanizing

["Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>]

According to 'Volkswagen Sport Tuning For Street And Competition', VW
started galvanizing in 1985. However, my GTI is an '85 and has rust around
the bottom of the windshield, on the cowl. This is not the first time I've
seen this, either. Any ideas as to why? I'm puzzled. Anyhow, if I ever
bought a new car, I'd go to Ziebart right after I picked it up. That stuff
works pretty good. I had a '74 Dodge Dart that had been hit with the stuff,
and the body was SOLID. Very unusual for a car of that vintage in my area.
Lousy heater, though. I kinda miss that car. What a beast.
-scirocco content follows-

Somebody went into my 'rocc last weekend and stole all my tapes. The
bastard son of a motherf--ker stole my copy of the Replacements first
album. That son of a bitch. I forget to lock my door ONCE and bye bye.
That's what happens when I can only think about getting home from work and
having a beer. Argh.
I'd like to get my hands on that punk.

zach
86 8v
84 8v
85 GTI








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> From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
> To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Galvanizing
> Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 7:56 PM
> 
> How do you tell if a VW is galvanized? I seem to remember that some of
> them are. My mom's old '85 Jetta TD was galvanized, I know- it said it
> on the original paperwork. And you could tell- it had not a spot of rust
> on the whole thing.
> Things like this make me wonder:
> My old '83 Quantum GL5 Wagon, which had 113,000 miles on it when I sold
> it, had been bought new by my grandparents, perfectly maintained, and
> garaged all its life, was rusted through the fenders, rocker panels,
> bottoms of the doors, floors, and rear hatch. It was a complete
> rustbucket. Whereas my '83 Scirocco, which had well over 300K on it and
> had been beaten to hell by teenagers all its life and never garaged at
> all, had nary a spot. Plenty of dents, but no rust.
> So I'm assuming that my Scirocco was galvanized and my Quantum wasn't,
> but how do you tell?
> Just curious, as usual....
>     TIA!
>     -Josiah
> 
> 
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