Scirocco: Oil Undercoat?

[Marc Getty <marc@getty.net>]

What exactly is involved with an "Oil undercoat"? How is this done?

-Marc

> Oil undercoat it, at least. I do this to my cars every winter and they
> don't get any rustier. -Josiah
> > Yeah, I know Daun, but I don't have a choice.  Well I do, but I'm not going
> > to drive my GTI 16V in the  winter.  I was looking for a winter beater (VW,
> > of course) but when I found my 79, (on scirocco.org) it was too good to pass
> > up.  I was hoping for something junky so I wouldn't feel bad about the
> > winter conditions here in Minneapolis, but instead I fell in love with 79,
> > and now I have two cars I don't want to drive in the winter. The Scirocco is
> > in decent shape, but it's still only a $700 car, so that's how I'm
> > rationalizing this one for now.  The car spent most of it's life in CA I
> > believe,  it's too rust free not to have.  So, I'm hoping with some POR-15
> > rust inhibiting paint and some luck I'll make it through with only as much
> > rust as I went in with.  Plus there's a car wash less than a block from my
> > apartment, and I have a garage space.  So, am I ok or is someone from the
> > list going to come over to beat me up and take my car away?

'74 VW Thing - http://getty.net/thing/ FORSALE in Philly!
'81 VW Jetta Diesel gone to the scrap heap after 178,000 miles
'84 VW Jetta GLi SLC with only 164,275 miles
'87 VW Scirocco 16 Valve with 165,100 Miles, just got it on 7/2/99

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