Re: New Paint - soon..

[mousetrap@juno.com]

My '78 Rabbit (German built) had the original paint when I sold it at
215,000 miles.  It had the front fenders repainted following an incident
in the parking lot in '82.  When I sold it in '95, the original paint
looked great, and the repair looked faded.  My other German built/painted
A1's have been of similar durability.  From what I have seen of US built
A1's, thay just didn't paint them the same way.  The A2's that I have
taken a close look at didn't seem very good either.

Long live the A1!

On Thu, 8 May 1997 20:03:42 -0500 (CDT) ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>
writes:
> My daughter and I have started stripping the '83 down in preparation 
>for
>bodywork
>and new paint. We are going to make it look like a new (stock!) car. 
>Same
>orange-red
>(Mars red??) as it was. Hope to have it done before summer.
>
>This is the first restoration where I don't have to remove the body 
>and
>fenders, etc,
>as the car has NO ROT, only some surface rust here and there..VW sure 
>has
>learned something
>about corrosion protection since the Beetle!
>
>When she gets her license next September, IF she exhibits good sense 
>and
>safe driving habits,
>I MIGHT let her drive it...
>
>Chuck Kuecker
>
>ckuecker@mcs.net
>
>'83 Scirocco
>'58 Ghia Convert
>'67 Bug
>'63 Bug
>'91 Vanagon
>
>
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