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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.<br>
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From: Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> <br>
Date: 4/20/2016 7:19 PM (GMT-07:00) <br>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <br>
Subject: Re: [T3] WOW! the RUST! <br>
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<div class="PlainText">My winter car is a winter car for the winter car... the old winter car was<br>
the Opel, but since those are rarer than T3's I finally restored it and kept<br>
it out of the salt, its in an Opel collection in Toronto now after I sold<br>
it.<br>
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Keith<br>
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Topnotch Restorations<br>
topnotch@nycap.rr.com<br>
<a href="http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm">http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm</a><br>
71 Squareback "Hothe"<br>
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"<br>
93 RX7 "Redstur"<br>
87 Golf "Winterat"<br>
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [<a href="mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org">mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of Bobsnotch@aol.com<br>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 8:33 PM<br>
To: type3@vwtype3.org<br>
Subject: Re: [T3] WOW! the RUST!<br>
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In a message dated 4/20/2016 8:18:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <br>
topnotch@nycap.rr.com writes:<br>
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I crawled under Winterat to replace the rear muffler and was shocked at <br>
what<br>
I found! This is the heart of the rust belt,<br>
<br>
So its expected to see things rusting pretty fast under there but this <br>
year,<br>
anything that didn't have oil on it was vastly more<br>
<br>
Rusty that any previous year and this past winter was a pretty short one!<br>
Brakes, exhaust, rims. all rusting up faster than ever before!<br>
<br>
I know they have been using magnesium chloride on the state roads for a<br>
while, and even Beet juice, YES Beet juice! But this year they started<br>
<br>
Brining, with special brining trucks, on all the interstates and some of <br>
the<br>
county roads.. But what is IN that brine? What happens when you MIX the<br>
Magnesium with Salt? Do we have any chemists here? My poor little Golf!<br>
Whatever they are doing its causing the rust to speed way up..<br>
<br>
NASTY NASTY stuff in those brine trucks, but what is it?<br>
<br>
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I think Ill keep the Golf on the road thru a couple more good rains, don't<br>
want to be driving Hothe thru any puddles for a while yet till I know its<br>
all washed off. I haven't seen them washing down the bridges yet or any of<br>
the Zambonies run thru the neighborhood..<br>
I hear you Keith. I don't know what they're using either, but I've got get <br>
in and do some repair work on my Geo Prizm, as the plastic bumper cover is <br>
trying to fall off. I've already had to replace a section of rear frame <br>
rail on it, just to hold the muffler up and in place. It's beginning to<br>
look <br>
like I need a winter car, for the winter car with the way it's rusting<br>
out.<br>
The things we do to save our beloved Type 3s.<br>
<br>
Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof<br>
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