Westmoreland is in Pennsylvania

[james accordino]

--- Andrew Duane USG <duane at hunch.zk3.dec.com> wrote:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made james accordino
> say:
> 
> > Apparently they also supplied their vast corrosion
> > protection experience at the time as every VW from
> > Westmoreland immediately rusted out.
> 
> Not so, I had an '85 Golf, put well over 200K on it
> (with
> help from my brother who bought it from me). Not a
> speck of
> rust on it, even where the paint got
> dinged/scratched.
> 
> I'd say VW scored VERY high marks for corrosion
> protection.
> 
I must say I'm VERY surprised.  In the NJ/PA area
almost every one I see, especially the early models
from that plant suffer from major rust.  Most are long
gone.  Wheel arches and subframe attachment points
seem to be the most vulnerable.

Jim Accordino