[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1998 - 15 msgs

[l.leung at juno.com]

Type 85's were not galvanized. It's a major process to begin
to galvanize something and still be able to undergo follow up
operations (such as welding panels together) to assemble a car
body, so that full galvanized cars such as the type44, B4's and
the like MUST be designed as such from the start (at least in
mass production). Thus the type 85 (later 4000's, 80's elsewhere,
and CGTs) weren't ever galvanized, to retrofit for a car in
it's waning years would have been financially tough to justify.

The only car I've heard of that underwent such a retrofit to
galvaninzing without a major redesign was the 77 Porsche type 901,
which, of course, is a horse of a totally different color (and,
more importantly, price point and subsequent customer base).

LL - NY


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Vincent_Fr=E9geac?= <vfregeac at sympatico.ca>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: RE : [s-cars] AAN 20VT in 4000CS
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:24:00 -0500

Bill and Paul,