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• Re: bumper repair for '90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:02:21 +0100
  ...bumper repair for '90 Carat > Greg, > > Ask a body shop supply company for Corvette Panel Adhesive, An epoxy > material that has the same sanding...
• Repair/refurbishment 1982 westy interior
  Historical mailing list - Lucas Thompson
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:20:41 -0700
  ...It's in excellent shape except for the stock cream colored plastic sheet glued to all the fiber-wood interior panels. All the glue...
• Re: Valuing Our Rigs. Hail Damage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:30:05 -0700
  ...Of course the estimate for fixing the dents around the panels and repainting, since piantless dent repair was not recommended on the fix, the...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:23:23 -0800
  ...repair panel > > Jim, in the next few days, including today, i'm changing 3 panels, > the rear > passenger (wheel arch-from sliding door rail...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:08:03 -0800
  I agree, I bought a flanging tool for my air compressor, and plan to use that to flange the new panels on my Bay...
• Re: Rocker Panel
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:44:08 EDT
  Hi Mike California Imports carries a decent selection of repair panels for the Vanagon. I recently ordered and received a repair panel to fix...
• Re: Paint code for gray fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:40:44 -0800
  Hi Dave, Yeah, I had a hard time with the paint code my fiberglass panels. So I took an old piece of the painted...
• Re: Temp covering for body panel rust rot
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 May 2012 07:12:21 -0700
  ...fairing of a motorcycle I am currently repairing. Similar to the stuff you see inside body panels on cars. Black, plastic, very strong adhesive...
• Re: Airhead Parts, Ventura CA
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:09:14 -0700
  ...Rust repair panels are often expensive and not available here. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Mar 31, 2011, at 10:35 AM...
• vanagon fiberglass bumpers/bodykit/side mouldings for sale..add to any van
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:32:35 EDT
  ...Or i have misc pieces, side trims, panels, bumpers, endcaps, brackets, whatever, i will sell individually..p-mail me for individual pricing.. i also...
• Re: Who Supports The List
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:44:45 -0500
  ...People want to repair A/C units that never have and never will work properly. They want to add GPS, Inverters, High End sound...
• Re: body panel sections availability
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 01:00:37 EST
  ...Ca. > gatorxray@earthlink.net > Mike> > > Sounds like you need the same repair that I need. My Westy shredded a > left rear tire and bent...
• Re: Rapture Texture Coating-Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:02:56 -0500
  ...do most of the body repairs, prep and paint as well as the lining on the rocker panels. Usually those 3rd party companies use...
• Re: Talking about Vanagon prices
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:47:15 -0400
  ...Those replacement repair panels are close (but not close enough to fit very well!), but that's all done now and looks decent, except...
• Free Vanagon Parts. Vancouver BC Canada
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:16:07 -0700
  ...Use as template for new unit? Repair? Repair and modified for a TF65 Truckfridge? These parts have been stored inside. I may give away...
• Re: Painting ABS bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:38:00 -0400
  ...http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/search/Bumper,+Trim,+Plastic+Repair+%26+Paint/N0474/C0171.oap Hector On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6...
• Restoration question.
  Historical mailing list
  28 Dec 95 23:29:00 +1800
  ...The @#$@#%$!@#$#%$#@!!@$@#!@# PPO did an outstanding job of camoflauging the rusting panels, and even painting over some rust so that it would not appear until...
• Re: bay area body work
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:37:31 -0700
  Hi JVK, I didn't have panels replaced, but the Maaco in Sunnyvale did a great job repairing dents and painting my '73 Westy...
• Re: vanagon seam rust repair
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:57:37 -0800
  ...Standard Time, >welfarewrkr@IGC.ORG writes: > > > > need to remove the fiberglass panels on my 91 GL to get at the rust. > > > > > > > > Steve, 91 Vanaru...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:02:54 -0500
  ...My bodyshop guy was very impressed with the quality of the panels. Cheers, Doug On 1/8/07, James Creech <jacreech@starband.net> wrote...
• Single/Double cab bed repair advice needed...
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:36:17 -0400
  ...And how to paint or coat the underside of the welds? - Maybe get it "Rhino-lined" after repairing? - Replacement panels are still available from...
• Re: Advice on front collision damage
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:47:52 -0800
  ...it likely that the frame is twisted? How does one repair this? Changing panels? Or since the front windshield "pillar" took a hit hit...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:36:27 -0700
  ...panels, second, it will take a lot of grinding and filling to make it smooth, and last, you will make any future repairs where...
• Re: Rapture Texture Coating-Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Adam Butler
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:28:04 -0500
  ...do most of the body repairs, prep and paint as well as the lining on the rocker panels. Usually those 3rd party companies use...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:09:05 +1200
  ...You should see the horrors that the NZ panelbeaters pass off as "A-grade" repairs! I haven't found a repairer yet who can...
• Front Body repair Panels ---FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE HELP ME
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:06 -0500
  ...It looks repairable but I'd rather get a replacement with a smooth finish to it. I had no luck so far in finding...
• Re: body panel repair
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:01:58 -0000
  ...body panel repair > Hey all, > Like many folks on this list, my right rear wheel arch is a bit crunched. > Actually, it was completely...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:27:05 -0400
  ...works fine to attach panels, but if it is not sealed from corrosion behind the perimeter of the repair, it too will eventually be...
• Repairing your Westy seat raising mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:52:24 -0600
  Something that has been on my list for a long time is a repair to the mechanism in the seat bed hinge that makes...
• Re: Valuing Our Rigs. Hail Damage
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:13:17 +0000
  ...Of course the estimate for fixing the dents around the panels and repainting, since piantless dent repair was not recommended on the fix, the...
• Re: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:48:17 -0700
  ...In 1990 VW started "Central Electric II" so > all fuse panels midway through 1990 on the A and B Series VWs are the same...
• Mellow Yellow all better now
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:00:04 -0700
  ...After wrangling, the driver's insurance company coughed up $2,900 for repair. New quarter panels, etc., are NLA, but a body shop here...
• Re: body panel sections availability
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:50:41 -0000
  ...I did the repair by pounding the sh*% out of the metal and learning the hard way how not to work metal. Anyway I...
• Re: sliding door bottom track
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:15:27 -0500
  ...Ron is just now looking into the Just Kampers (Of England) repair panels to see if the offside ones will work for our LHD...
• FS Vanagons/westy/pick up Ottawa Can
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:39:09 MDT
  ...Prices in Canadian funds, located 50 kms west of Ottawa, Ontario 1980 Westy, tan, rusty panels, 130000 miles, nice interior/pop top, engine 4...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:39:02 -0500
  Jim, in the next few days, including today, i'm changing 3 panels, the rear passenger (wheel arch-from sliding door rail to wheel...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Project Update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 14:52:30 -0400
  ...I suspect that these are the same repair panels that everyone else has, though the quality has been better than some I've bought...
• Advise on Syncro purchase
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 14 May 2010 08:54:00 -0800
  ...I know that I can buy new rear quarter panels, and this van also needs a rear panel. Underbody is decent, no wheel well...
• Re: Any easy, low-cost way to replace power window lift with manual?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:04:06 -0400
  > I'm tired of screwing (diagnosing/repairing/replacing) with the > multiple failure modes of the power windows on our two Vanagons. Did this to...
• Re: Caveat Emptor, or: So You're Buying a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:02:31 -0500
  ...poor repaint on sliding door and some panels on that side after having minor damage repaired, but I was never told of. Found out...
• Re: Temp covering for body panel rust rot
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 3 May 2012 16:13:24 -0400
  ...fairing of a > motorcycle I am currently repairing. � Similar to the stuff you see inside > body panels on cars. Black, plastic, very strong adhesive...
• Fwd: [WetWesties] Local 83 westy looking for a new home (PNW)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:28:09 -0800
  ...all the old tired panels replaced with gloss finished custom > cut birchwood. Her old ick carpets removed and in its place, a new > parquet...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 12:51:41 -0300
  ...On 08-Sep-2014, at 11:49, Brett Ne wrote: > I'm doing some touch-up work on Albert to strip & repair some areas...
• Re: 1987 GL question
  Historical mailing list - James Walldow
  Fri, 2 May 2003 17:45:56 -0800
  ...Stan on. >Buy low, spend much on repairing what the first owner's neglected, or >forgot about in repairs. >Buy High, still be ready...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:02:20 -0600
  ...panels, second, it will take a lot of grinding and filling to > make it smooth, and last, you will make any future repairs where...
• Re: Grounded Spare Tire Carriers for my Rear End
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:27:25 EDT
  ...Bloomquist wrote: > > > > > <snip>When you consider the cost of straightening body panels, > repairing > > > seamrust, matching paint, replacing brakes, installing stiffer springs, > > > honing > > > > > > your slave...
• Drivers door hinge assembly - spot welds failed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:36:23 -0400
  ...When repairing panels before, they have to be drilled out, and often coaxed with a cold chisel. There is no indication that the van...
• Re: Need advice for stripping parts
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:07:46 +1000
  ...I assume you are referring to the plastic fasteners holding the mbf door panels to the doorframe. If they are the original VW fasteners...
• NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:31:23 -0600
  Jim Anything is repairable with enough passion (and money). On 20-Oct-11, at 6:56 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Thu, 20...
• Re: rust- was new muffler question: BusDepot offerings
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 21:54:23 -0700
  ...After Florida and New England, Washington and Oregon lead the Continental USA in VW Sheet Metal and "Patch Repair" Panels at least from where...
• 1991 Vanagon Body/Shell FS
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:25:32 -0500
  ...It would be a great find for someone who needs a clip or panels to repair an accident victim. Please see my ad at...
• Re: Vanagon rust
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:38:26 EDT
  ...Benny nightmares. > I wonder what it looks like under the interior panels.... maybe you should > consider finding another van and starting over- that thing...
• Re: Rust Repairs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:40:13 -0500
  ...They will shoot this waxy oil into your panels and seams and it will wick its way through. It's a good idea to...
• Re: VW Bug questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:39:45 -0500
  ...VW or body shop the > same for many of the other repair panels // L& R Floor Pans avail > .I always perfered 70 on back...
• Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:57:47 -0700
  In Canada, www.bowwow.ca lists some panels, as does www.busdepot.com in the US. Not sure if this panel is listed though...
• Camper Exterior Labels
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:54:12 -0600
  ...repaired. I would like to replace the adhesive warning / information labels above the LP gas tank and under the electric / water connections panels. I...
• Re: Contests for a Vanagon get together
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:41:14 -0400
  ...Most creative repair of rust seam. Only one rule...repair cannot use replacement metal panels. Most creative use of duct tape to keep van...
• Clearing out parts today only in San Francisco area
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:00:56 -0700
  ...BMW e30 rear quarter panels fromt he door to the bumper -- FREE. Some door panels in various krinkled backing position but most have no...
• Re: Fwd: [WetWesties] Local 83 westy looking for a new home (PNW)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:13:33 -0800
  ...all the old tired panels replaced with gloss finished custom >> cut birchwood. Her old ick carpets removed and in its place, a new >> parquet...
• Re: Driving with LP appliances on
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 May 1998 12:53:27 -0700
  I have seen three different LED panels in 10+ Vanagon Westies that have passed through my hands. Only one version had the green flame...