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- From: avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu (Tony Konashenok)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: electronic rustproofing.
- Date: 14 Oct 1992 23:31:42 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- References: <70692@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1b4vr3INN5gf@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Oct15.083544.164777@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
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- In article <1992Oct15.083544.164777@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> pzh@myna.dsto.gov.au (Paul Heuer) writes:
- >These ways of electronically rustproofing vehicles sound too simple to be
- >true. Does anybody have any _long term_ experience with these methods? If these
- >methods really work, WHY THE FISH DON'T CAR MAKERS USE THESE @#$%! TRICKS. I
- >suppose they don't want their cars to last too long, eh?
- >
- THEY DO! Volvo (or was it SAAB? or both?) uses zinc-plated sheet metal in
- their cars. It is exactly the same - the steel does not rust until *all*
- zinc is gone. I don't guarantee, however, that this is true for all
- model-years.
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