Westmoreland is in PA

[Per Lindgren]

Early Rabbits were known to rust quickly. That's why they are so hard to find
these days, and are becoming collector's cars already.

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E



"Lee M. Levitt" wrote:

> Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> writes:
> >
> > Mine (body) was fine (and still is, minus the tree damage to the roof),
> > so was my friend's '84 GTi, even when we found it in the junkyard.
> > Actually, most of the Westmoreland VW's I've seen rusted less than their
> > German built counterparts (you shoulda seen my Dad's '78 Rabbit, it was a
> > religious VW, you know, holy!)
> >
>
> I knew it was time to get rid of my '75 Rabbit when I put it on a lift,
> started the lift up, and the body didn't move.
>
> Well, the outside shell didn't move...
>
> ...after 10 or 15 seconds we looked inside and noticed that the floorboards
> were about to pass the dash.
>
> Yes, they ripped right out.
>
> And this was in 1980. That Rabbit was five years old! I went back to buying
> old cars...replaced the Rabbit with a '72 Volvo 1800E and a '74 Volvo 145
> wagon (winter car, pizza delivery system).
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant