gotta stop the rust

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Its cheaper to buy a new shell.
and ship it in from CA.
brian


On Fri, 21 May 2004, Dan Bubb wrote:

> "Bondo is like a bandaid on gangrene."
> I'll have to remember this line. That's exactly what it's like.
> FWIW, $1100 seems pretty cheap to properly fix a bunch of rust.
> Dan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> To: <marquez337@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:12 PM
> Subject: RE: gotta stop the rust
> 
> 
> > Nope. Only welding metal in does the trick if you want your car to last.
> > Bondo is like a bandaid on ganrene.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > 1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> > Amsterdam NY
> > http://www.menloparkrandd.com/scirocco
> > http://www.menloparkrandd.com/my_rocc
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >From: Marko <marquez337@yahoo.com>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: gotta stop the rust
> > >Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:53:49 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >I just went to a body shop. They wanted $1100 to fix
> > >all the rusty spots on my rocco. Their plan was to cut
> > >out the rusted body sections and weld in new metal. I
> > >had a more bondo-oriented solution in mind. Whats a
> > >good method of fixing these rusty areas. The driver's
> > >door by the handle has a hole nearly rusted right
> > >through. Is there any quick, dirty and cheap fix for
> > >this that listers do ???
> > >
> > >thanks
> > >
> > >=====
> > >87 Scirocco 8v
> > >84 Jetta GLi 16v
> 
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