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On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 19:11, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > Weren't the original aluminum? Aluminum doesn't rust, and steel even > stainless steel will eventually rust... > The lower rocker moldings were stainless, and some of the upper trim was. Especially the older, wider ones. As for stainless rusting, it depends on the stainless. 409 will develope surface rust. This is what modern exhaust sytems are made of. 303, and 304 stainless won't rust. It may dull, but won't rust. It all depends on the amount of nickel in the alloy mostly. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org