Okay,
The first new car I ever bought was '79 VW Rabbit (temporary insanity) that
wasn't "rust-proofed" but "sound-deadened" by the dealer. Looked like the
same stuff though.
Peter S.
B9471799
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of twojohnsons@home.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:42 AM
To: Stu Brennan
Cc: CoolVT@aol.com; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Ziebart isn't THE thing!
We've had a succession of Volvos for years, here in winter salt-land. The
ONLY one
that ever rusted was my son's Ziebarted 144. None of the others had any sort
of
treatment.
Can you say "dealer profit add-ons, bunkie????
Al J
Stu Brennan wrote:
> I am near Boston. I had Ziebart on my '73 German Capri, which I owned
> from new through 1980. The only places that rusted were the places that
> they missed.
>
> I had TuffCoat Dynol (sp?) on my '80 Jetta, which I owned through 1990.
> Again, the only places that rusted were the spots they missed.
>
> Both of these products stayed rather flexible and sort of sticky for the
> duration of my ownership.
>
> Another story. A local Sunbeam owner used to brew up his own
> rustproofing juice, a cocktail of everything oily from some sort of
> clear rustproofing, to non-aerosol WD-40, to "3 in 1", to Marvel Mystery
> Oil. He had a wand tool to squirt it into every nook and cranny. Then
> for the next year or so he could see traces of it oozing out of seams,
> from under emblems, etc. But he had no significnat inside rust
> problems.
>
> Stu
>
> CoolVT@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > When Rusty Jones was in the Northeast their guarantee was that they
would
> > repair the damage. None of this, "Well refund your money." Of course,
they
> > went broke after a while. I believe they were counting on the people
selling
> > the cars before the rust really set in. Another company in this
area....I
> > believe "Tuff coat" had the same warranty as Ziebart...repair or
refund
> > your original money. In the 60's anyone I knew with a Chrysler product
with
> > the Tuff Coat got their money back. The cars just fell apart in 3 or 4
years.
> > The funny thing is these people swore by the company because they
stood by
> > their warranty to refund the money. Now there was a smart company. Use
your
> > money for 3 or 4 years, give it back and have the customer praise you
for
> > keeping your word. Mark L.
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