[T3] WOW! the RUST!
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Wed Apr 20 20:20:21 PDT 2016
Yup, same here. Too many idiots that either forgot how to drive in the
snow, or didn't learn how to drive in the snow, and think they know how to. Add
in all those urban assault vehicles with 4 wheel drive that are going 20+
mph faster than conditions would allow, and you're taking your life into
your own hands out there. While a rear engined VW would be a great winter
car, there's no way I'd drive one in the winter around here. And with they way
they salt around here, you really need a disposable winter instead of a
type 3 for winter use.
Bob
In a message dated 4/20/2016 9:59:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
biggest problem here is that nobody will spend the money on snowtires
anymore, despite the fact that technology has moved the snowtire to the
point of leaving black marks in the snow they are so good. The low
profile
tires are very expensive to make in snows, and not nearly as good, so folks
do without and creep along at 5mph when it snows and tie up traffic so they
push for the salt so the roads are clear.
My Father bought the Opel new in 75, drove it for 20 years and I used it as
a winter car for 5 more, before restoring it. an EXCELLENT Zebart job and
careful oiling preserved it pretty well, but Opel exhaust parts and brakes
were getting too hard to find and it was just impractical to keep it going
in the winter, and of course... there are still many things that you cant
protect from the salt.
Keith
Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7 "Redstur"
87 Golf "Winterat"
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On Behalf Of Brion Sabbatino
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 9:30 PM
To: type3
Subject: Re: [T3] WOW! the RUST!
Nice that it is in a collection. Have no seen an opel in years. Not even in
the west. I certainly do not miss the snow and salt if the East. The
salting
is just idiotic. Let them plow and let drivers mount snow tires every year.
Simple.
-------- Original message --------
From: Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com>
Date: 4/20/2016 7:19 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] WOW! the RUST!
My winter car is a winter car for the winter car... the old winter car was
the Opel, but since those are rarer than T3's I finally restored it and
kept
it out of the salt, its in an Opel collection in Toronto now after I sold
it.
Keith
Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7 "Redstur"
87 Golf "Winterat"
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On Behalf Of Bobsnotch at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 8:33 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] WOW! the RUST!
In a message dated 4/20/2016 8:18:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
I crawled under Winterat to replace the rear muffler and was shocked at
what
I found! This is the heart of the rust belt,
So its expected to see things rusting pretty fast under there but this
year,
anything that didn't have oil on it was vastly more
Rusty that any previous year and this past winter was a pretty short one!
Brakes, exhaust, rims. all rusting up faster than ever before!
I know they have been using magnesium chloride on the state roads for a
while, and even Beet juice, YES Beet juice! But this year they started
Brining, with special brining trucks, on all the interstates and some of
the
county roads.. But what is IN that brine? What happens when you MIX the
Magnesium with Salt? Do we have any chemists here? My poor little Golf!
Whatever they are doing its causing the rust to speed way up..
NASTY NASTY stuff in those brine trucks, but what is it?
I think Ill keep the Golf on the road thru a couple more good rains, don't
want to be driving Hothe thru any puddles for a while yet till I know its
all washed off. I haven't seen them washing down the bridges yet or any
of
the Zambonies run thru the neighborhood..
I hear you Keith. I don't know what they're using either, but I've got get
in and do some repair work on my Geo Prizm, as the plastic bumper cover is
trying to fall off. I've already had to replace a section of rear frame
rail on it, just to hold the muffler up and in place. It's beginning to
look
like I need a winter car, for the winter car with the way it's rusting
out.
The things we do to save our beloved Type 3s.
Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
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