[urq] Dubious audifans Urq ad

[i.rautenberg at waratap.com]

Taken directly from the South Africa Audi Site:

"In 1985 Audi became the first car manufacturer to introduce the  
fully-galvanised car body for a major series. The practical findings  
over the past ten years speak for themselves: all the available  
statistical reports confirm that this measure has been a remarkable  
success. The report by the German Technical Control Association (TUV),  
for instance, which painstakingly lists all defects detected year  
after year, awards top marks for Audi's anti-corrosion measure."

I believe this only applied to type 44 and their successor cars and  
then later to the B3(1988 Models) and later cars.

85-87 Type 85 cars (except I believe the Urq) Had a wax protective  
coating/dip.  I rember still cleaning the melting wax from my '85 4kq  
seven years later!

Ingo


Quoting "j.koenig" <j.koenig at adelphia.net>:

> We may be playing a little fast and loose with terminology.  I   
> recall seeing photos of the
> new Type 44 cars getting some kind of highly touted rust preventive   
> 'dipping' process
> during manufacture starting in '84, but I've never heard of any   
> reference to galvanized
> sheet metal.  A zinc-based 'dip' perhaps?  No idea either whether   
> the same process was
> ever applied to T85s, but my guess is not.
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pasqualoni, James E" <james.pasqualoni at gs.com>
>
>
> "As an aside, is it true that '85 is year they went to galvanizing the
> shells?"
>
> I don't believe any North American t85 cars were galvanized, were they?
> I believe t44 cars were galvanized beginning in 85 for the 86 model
> year.  In my experience (83 UrQ, 85 5ks, 86 5kcstq, 87 5kcstq, 91 100,
> 95 A6q, 95.5 S6A etc, etc) galvanization on mid-late 80's cars was the
> most effective.  My 86 5kcstq with 187k on the clock has not even a
> speck of rust on it.  Been in New England it's entire life.  OTTH, my
> 95.5 UrS6 Avant had a bit of rust perforation.  They don't build them
> like they used to heh heh...
>
> Anyone?
>
>
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