GT'S

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> Coupe GTs (and all its type 81/85 4000 series cousins) were never galvanized.
> Galvanization started with the type 44 5000 series for the 1986 model year,
> and with the type 89 80/90 series for the 1988 model year.  (These are US model
> years, Europe may have gotten them a bit earlier)

I think we got the Type 44 a year earlier, but not the Type 89.  The
Coupe GT was never galvanised, but Audi did use a proprietary
rustproofing treatment that seems to have been remarkably effective.

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