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

[Rokas Reipa]

It's been common knowledge in Europe that type 44 100's and 200's were only
fully galvanized from about '86 and on. Was this only a rumor then?

Rokas
95.5 S6
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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1998 - 15 msgs


>
> 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,
>
> >From my experience with the '85 CGT, I think the older 4000 were not
> galvanized but the later - 85 to 87 - were. I don=92t see how my CGT would
> have resist 5 winters with paint chips the size of a dollar bill - I
> won't comment on the 5 years with paint chips - on the hood if it was
> not galvanized. After 5 years of salt and snow, I had only surface rust.
>
>
>
> Vincent
>
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