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I have some words of advice for rust. Me having 3 under $300 cars you have to look inside the wheel wells where the floorpan meets the body there. On both sides. And by the voltage regulator in the back drivers side under the seat 2 of mine are pretty rusted there. Where the rear bumpers mount & the front mount I have them rust bad there. Also in the trunk compartment where the grey cardboard type material is glued on theres always alot of rust under thoes things. And 2 of mine leak thru the piece that channels the water from the louvers on top of the front hood and goes thru the inside out of the car or the windsheld I have one that leaks (On the fuse panel unfortunately). And last but not least under the doors and the bottom of the doors. Hope this may help someone. >From Chris Swafford:www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/4265/ 537Buckeye 36LSB S.W. Corner of Cinti,Oh In the Hills 73'Squareback Yellow,Rear end hell is fixed! Manual Carbed. 62,000Mi. 71'Squareback Lt. Blue,Fuel Injection-Auto, 88,000Mi. 90'Nissan Sentra Red&White Rusted & 83 Ford LTD Midsize (Gas Hog) On Sat, 8 May 1999 17:31:17 -0400 "Casey from Menace Publishing & Manufacture" <casey@menace.com> writes: >hey there. i am really interested in what kinds of response you get, >because >i am in the same boat. I m considering buying a type three, and my dad >said >to watch out for rust on bargain-priced vehicles' undercarriage. He >said >that even if one were given to me, a car with any rust on the floorpan >or on >the heat pipes( which he calls "cancer"!) is so insidious that it >isn't even >worth trying to fix it, it will just be impossible to stop! What do `TìÄ ink/know about this? He has had a lot of VW's, but i am stubborn and >want >to believe it isn't *that impossible to fix. :) >The one i am considering is 400 dollars. I don't know much else about >it, >but if i find rust in those areas and not much else wrong with it, is >it >still a bargain? > >:) casey > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sqbck71@aol.com [mailto:Sqbck71@aol.com] >> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 1999 4:42 PM >> To: type3@vwtype3.org >> Subject: [T3] First Question(s)!!Rusty Heater Channels!! >> >> >> Hi all, >> OK first I must say that you volks have been a great help so >far!! And >> that is without me even having sumitted any questions. I find >> this list is >> the best late night reading material. >> >> A good friend of mine had 2 move away to school, so I bought >> her VW(my >> first car). It is a 71 Square, wich hasn't seen the road in a couple >> years(due to the FI). So for $100(she had to leave quick), I >> figured why not >> have some fun. The body wasnt bad at all, except for the rear 1/4 >> pannels. A >> previous owner had Started restoring the interior. But when I >> ripped the rug >> out. suprise suprise. More rust! Both heater channels were very >> rusty. So now >> I have the task of repairing them. I was wondering if someone >> could give me >> any tips before I atempt to fix em up. I don't think I will be >driving it >> during the winter. So I might just seal off the vents completely. >> >> Aslo I heard(saw) y'all talking about Bill & Steve. Do they >> have a web >> stie or somthing I could check out. Not to many people around >> here are into >> VW's, let alone T3. So parts r hard to come by. So any web >> adresses Would be >> a great help. THANX!!! >> >> Greg Chambers >> 71 Square >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >> > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e §ÑM et completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]