East coast rust/ was: Painful price quotes

[Beatty, Robert]

Well yes the fittings themselves are not rustproofed, however i have NEVER
seen a type 44 with rusted out doors or wheelwells which is a very common
thing with many other cars.. american or foreign cars...  I thought thats
what we were talking about.  To get a completely rust proof car you would
have to use stainless steel fittings everywhere, and that would be quite
expensive.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jensen [mailto:sjensen at mindspring.com]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:57 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Cc: Beatty, Robert
Subject: East coast rust/ was: Painful price quotes


Rob said:
> for the most part the type 44's are mostly immune to the east coast.. very
> rare to see alot of rust damage on them....

...except on the undercarriage of the New England or salt state cars.  Both
of mine are salty northern cars - sedan from W.V. and the TQW from NJ/PA.
Rusty fittings abound.

My recently departed 88 5kcstq parts car, OTOH, was a southern car all it's
life and no rust at all.

-Steve Jensen
87 5kcstq (pick up tomorrow with a new clutch, woohoo!!!)
87 5kcstqw (weeping -literally, from the rack - as it's back to the driveway
soon)