Re: Wanted: Shocks

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@bork.hampshire.edu>]

Oil undercoat it, at least. I do this to my cars every winter and they
don't get any rustier.
	-Josiah



On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, ben rogowski wrote:

> Yeah, I know Daun, but I don't have a choice.  Well I do, but I'm not going
> to drive my GTI 16V in the  winter.  I was looking for a winter beater (VW,
> of course) but when I found my 79, (on scirocco.org) it was too good to pass
> up.  I was hoping for something junky so I wouldn't feel bad about the
> winter conditions here in Minneapolis, but instead I fell in love with 79,
> and now I have two cars I don't want to drive in the winter. The Scirocco is
> in decent shape, but it's still only a $700 car, so that's how I'm
> rationalizing this one for now.  The car spent most of it's life in CA I
> believe,  it's too rust free not to have.  So, I'm hoping with some POR-15
> rust inhibiting paint and some luck I'll make it through with only as much
> rust as I went in with.  Plus there's a car wash less than a block from my
> apartment, and I have a garage space.  So, am I ok or is someone from the
> list going to come over to beat me up and take my car away?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> >
> >
> > --- ben rogowski <bgr13@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > I've recently acquired my first Scirocco, a '79 in very
> > > decent shape
> > > actually.  I'm planning on turning it into a project car,
> > > but it's going to
> > > be my winter car in the meantime, (hopefully only for
> > > this winter anyway!)
> >
> > EEEEEK!!!!
> >
> > Where are you located?  Since it sounds like you get snow /
> > ice / salt on the roads, I would STRONGLY urge you to NOT
> > drive this car in the winter.  They have this nasty habit
> > of rusting near the rear axle mounts, as well as through
> > the inner fenders.  Wouldn't hurt to check it out now...
> >
> > Just my $.02
> >
> > Oh, and welcome to the list!  :)
> >
> > ===
> > Daun Yeagley
> > '79 Scirocco
> > '81 Rabbit Pickup
> > '85 Scirocco 8v
> > '88 Scirocco 16v
> > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."  - Dave
> Barry
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