RE: Galvanized body panels

[Steve Brehm <sbrehm@sover.net>]

Andrew,

Are you sure your '85 Golf was galvanized? I had an '85 GTI (made/assembled in PA) that certainly was not. when I sold it in '93 it had a fair amount of rust. My '87 5KCST doesn't have a spot of rust.

--Steve Brehm

-----Original Message-----
From:	Andrew Duane USG/PE [SMTP:duane@zk3.dec.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 15, 1998 8:01 AM
To:	Ti Kan
Cc:	Quattro List
Subject:	Re: Galvanized body panels

Hairy green toads from Mars made Ti Kan say:

> Audi started galvanizing the type 44 cars (5K series) for the 1986
> model year, and then the type 89 cars (80/90) for the 1988 model year.
> The type 81 and 85 cars (4K, Coupe, UrQ) never got galvanized bodies, I
> understand.

I heard this, too, and found it wierd. My '85 VW Golf was galvanized,
as were all '85 VWs here. Strange that an $8500 Golf would be dipped,
but a $35000 5000Q wouldn't be....

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