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1976 Volkswagen Golf I [Typ 17] 
Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: 
![1976 Volkswagen Golf I [Typ 17]](i772936.jpg)
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◊ 2015-01-07 19:52 |
of the "rust-munster" series... |
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◊ 2015-01-07 23:14 |
why that Golf have that rust in that parts? |
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◊ 2015-01-08 00:00 |
May not be rust. Could be bondo or some substance similar. |
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◊ 2015-01-08 00:27 |
Because these were the typical parts, where a Golf I had rust. The first Golf I had rust everywhere. The problem was caused (not only at the Golf, at least at all cars, built in that years) by the "energy crisis sheet metal", in Germany called "DDR-Blech", because is was made in and delivered from East Germany. During the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis and in the time after it, the European car makers, at least the whole industry had problems to get sheet metal and other raw materials. Due the increasing engery prices the recycling became much more common as in the yers before, when energy was wasted. Due the lack of time, the high prices and also the lack of knowlegde, how to recycle correctly, car-wrecks were thrown complete into the shredders and afterwards in the furnaces, including rubber, plastic and -more crucial- other metal sorts. It's said, that the 1974+ sheet metal had a too high amount of copper and other materials, so it rusted very fast. Once I've heard annother reason: that in the early 70ies the furnace-technology was changed (IIRC the coal firing was changed to electric firing) and in the first time the engineers couldn't really handle it. it's anti-rust-colour. Due the colour it looks like the good old effective, but nowadays strictly forbidden lead tetroxide. In the late 70ies, after the rust problems of the Golf I became desastrous and had caused big reputation-problems for the Volkswagen AG, there was a big recall program. VW repurchased thousands of Golf I (any a few other models, too, but mainly Golf I). The customer got a new Golf for a good price - and the old cars were destroyed. No kidding, back then, around 1978/79, VW had hired large grounds, some on Bundeswehr-property to store the recalled cars. Because these rust-munsters were a big disgrace, VW was very picky, that every car was crushed. To make sure, that they never came back on the road, the VIN-number was cutted out, then the A-pillars and the C-pillars were smashed with a sledge hammer. One of my K 70-fellows told me, that this was his first job at his first day as a 16-year-old apprentice in a VW-garage in 1977: destroying cars  He got his first overall and directly afterwards a sledge hammer and the order: "Go to the backyard and smash all the Golfs, which are standing there." -- Last edit: 2015-01-08 00:32:13 |
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◊ 2015-01-08 21:02 |
Sad story. So this is another motivation that early Golf I are so rare !!! |
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◊ 2015-01-09 00:02 |
Yes. VW Golf with a 1974-registration belongs to the rarest cars on the world. Already 15 years ago there were only 7 (seven!) left over in Germany. |
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