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

[Larry C. Leung]

Ti?

FWIW, I thought in the US all type 44's were full galvanized (except for
that
stupid panel between the rear fenders, under the tailight/trunk. Dumb).

LL - NY

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:41:26 -0500 "Rokas Reipa" <rokas at wam.umd.edu>
writes:
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <l.leung at juno.com>
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> Cc: <vfregeac at sympatico.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:39 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1998 - 15 msgs
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>
> >
> > 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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