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• Re: Restoration completed on my '91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:28:56 -0400
  ...Dimmer took numerous photos during the restoration > process, including what was let of the frame and doors once the carpeting and > interior panels were...
• Re: 1987 GL question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:49:20 EDT
  ...The rust occurs where the 90� protrusions used to welded the adjoining panels together. It is not beyond repair but usually difficult to do...
• Re: POR-15 vs Corroless
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:43:59 -0400
  ...I see that there are 2 good/popular ways to treat the repair of a rusty panel -- POR-15 and Corroless. I've heard...
• Re: Green digital clock (from Mars)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:59:59 -0600
  ...What's stuck in my craw is my warped door panels. I assume this is due to moisture damage. Anyone have any success in...
• Re: contemplating engine upgrade
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:55:30 -0700
  ...The door panels have some buckling, but those too, I believe I can take care of. Over the last few months I've repaired...
• Re: Re-covering vinyl headliner/doorliner
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:55:28 -0800
  ...door panels and seat > backs any no stress area is fine. if under stress > like seat face surface then no since the repair is...
• vanagon stuff for sale.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 May 2001 18:10:46 EDT
  for sale: -'85-'91 vanagon sliding door - '85-'91 sliding door handles -vanagon front bumpers, chrome -front fiberglass bumper, needs minor repair -front fiberglass...
• First ever Vanagon seen
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 15:45:16 -0400
  ...A few tears in the velour side panels, some oily stains and what looked like pink bubblegum stains on the upholstery. Rub marks on...
• Re: Temp covering for body panel rust rot
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 May 2012 15:31:59 -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: I found a cheap weekender, also looking for conversion info:-)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:26:28 -0700
  ...Take the parts off yer full blown westy, use the existing panels to make templates for the new holes to cut in the weekender...
• question: '76 or '77, possible purchase, what to look for
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:08:20 GMT
  ...cracks? Just paint or will the body panels actualy crack? How easily are the body panels replaced, or are they at all? Girlfriend says...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Wed, 20 May 2009 19:07:17 +0000
  ...And I wasn't that fussy putting it in, if you > pull the door panels and panel on the slider and rear hatch it...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:14:28 -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...
• Westfalia for sale 1971
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 May 2001 15:51:23 -0500
  ...Some bondo on the rear panels below the engine door at the lowest point. Rear bumper in relaxed position from broken bracket. This car...
• Re: Valuing Our Rigs. Hail Damage
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:51:46 -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...
• (Fwd) RE: VW bus for sale
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:51:44 -0500
  ...There is no major body rot or serious rust! Rocker panels are in good condition. Paint scheme is the original paint colors of red...
• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:04:07 -0800
  ...It would seam to me that welding panels would alter the adjacent metal structure and make that section more prone to rust..... I am...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:03:37 -0500
  ...On a recent required body repair for my 92 Crown Vic the body shop repaired the car with Chinese made aftermarket parts consisting of...
• Revised Westfalia for sale 1971
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 May 2001 16:13:26 -0500
  ...Some bondo on the rear panels below the engine door at the lowest point. Rear bumper in relaxed position from broken bracket. This car...
• Re: 81 Westy 2.0 Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:07:58 -0800
  ...One person has put soundproofing foam in the bottom of the door panels-- below where widows need clearance-- to cut down on road noise...
• Re: Body & Fender Resource Needed
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:35:57 -0500
  ...Have > a look at the panels available here, they are the one-piece pannel and > flare and are only $16 more than the price...
• Oops.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 Nov 96 23:53:51 EST
  ...So, what I want to ask is if it's worth getting another one of these panels or trying to have it repaired (it...
• Re: solar panels vs generators vs camping vs kids
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 01 Nov 1994 15:24:44 EST
  ...The repair guys had ear protection and elaborate hand signals. I had to suspect that the Russians would not have a lot of trouble...
• Re: eBay Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:12:21 -0700
  ...picking a round 2K as his cost for the tranny repair, is 10.5K an 'acceptable' price for it? Yea or nay? Cya, R...
• Re: Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:36:53 -0700
  ...After body shop inspected the van >and estimated over $7000.00 to repair insurance said we are not >repairing (even though van was still...
• Door locking problems
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:28:48 -0700
  ...I took off both door panels and suspecting broken wires in the driver side harness which had obviously been worked on by PO, undid...
• Re: Black wire by water tank...
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:00:48 -0400
  ...Water pump is red from kitchen fuse to LED panel connector pin 4, jumpered to pin 1 (because the earliest LED panels had a...
• Re: where to buy sheet metal ?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:07:30 -0400
  I purchased some replacement panels last year from "California Imports". I was very satisfied. Gary ----Original Message Follows---- From: Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM...
• Re: Needing a part still available?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:53:05 -0600
  ...Took my suburban into town to the body shop for the panels that Im copying and for a few sheets of paleling im using...
• Fwd: [T2] A few VW's for sale... (long)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Thu, 23 May 2002 17:11:34 -0500
  ...body gray factory lower body panels and >black front air damn, 2.1 F.I. engine needs repair (the engine >starts and runs, but...
• Re: Seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:38:40 -0400
  ...However, if you don't plan on doing a > full, proper repair, prep, and spray job (complete restoration of the area) > and you just...
• Opinions Please!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:22:55 +0000
  ...Door panels all good, except fronts hacked for larger speakers. Under the dash the wiring looks good, not a hacked up mess. Maintained by...
• Good deal for '83 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:55:58 -0800
  ...connection - general condition inside okay - probably needs new covering on interior panels though - broken sliding door handle - fridge, sink, stove - assume all work - canvas...
• Re: Just curious
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:51:14 -0700
  ...EVERYTIHNG in proper order with no rust or body/paint repair required = $5000 Add or subtract the amounts that follow. >It has: > >new VW...
• Re: Is Seam Rust Futile?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:40:19 +0100
  ...Treat the inside and the outside and your repair should last years. HTH, Tony
• Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:08:43 EDT
  ...And more importantly, a small body repair area. And I will cut the donor bus about 10" (to the inside of the floor) So...
• Re: A/C drain plugged up?--the pigtail fix
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 22:28:57 -0700
  ...In addition, the "insulation" (behind the vertical = > plastic panels) in the rear hatch area is dripping water. The vehicle = > is an '87 Weekender. > > I...
• Re: repair panel
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:55:52 -0500
  ...I was looking at some tech info on installing panels this way. I think it specifically directed that the perimeter of the void was...
• Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:21:32 -0700
  ...Anyway, > the Factory Repair Manual describes several fixes for whistling noises, > but none of them seem to apply to where I'm hearing them...
• Oversize Diesel Injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:58:37 -0500
  ...for every repair I have done so far I have gotten 5 > estimates or done it myself. I did my own body work for...
• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:55:26 -0800
  ...As an aside, this area of the van appears to have been "professionally" repaired. In hindsight, I suspect the caulking material was either the...
• Re: Restoration completed on my '91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:39:35 -0400
  ...Also, during the restoration some of the undercarriage was repaired and replaced, including mount for clutch slave cylinder. John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Ploessl...
• Re: A/C drain plugged up?
  Historical mailing list - Deaner K. Lawless Jr.
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 15:15:52 -0400
  ...In addition, the "insulation" (behind the vertical > plastic panels) in the rear hatch area is dripping water. The vehicle > is an '87 Weekender. I...
• Dehler Profi conversion Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 10:09:28 -0400
  Hi, I was just at CDI foreign car repairs in Victor NY, and they have a cool van in for repairs. (looked like the...
• Re: Floor Seam Repair
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:23:17 -0700
  ...WELLL, The rust Is already back and its becouse the Vanagons body panels "flex" and chafe against each other when you hit a bump...
• Re: Front Bumper-Bent From The Factory?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:26:45 -0800
  ...This would be the section that is molded into 2 distinct depressed 'panels'(for lack of a better word). > > In speaking with the shop...
• Re: Rust Bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 13 May 2010 09:56:13 -0400
  ...Pull the window with seal, treat or repair rust, replace seal. 2010/5/12, Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@gmail.com>: > On Wed, May 12...
• Re: Inner Dia. for long A/C hose - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:42:19 -0700
  --- Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> wrote: > I need to find one of those metal splice connectors > to repair the leak. > Anyone know the inside...
• Re: Body & Fender Resource Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:31:40 EST
  ...Have > a look at the panels available here, they are the one-piece pannel and > flare and are only $16 more than the price...
• '82 Diesel Adventurewagen Camper / Rolling Chassis For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:48:10 +0200
  ...panels. NO seam or window ledge rust, or rot anywhere. Dents in the slider door, rear hatch, and on right front corner, all repairable...
• Re: Good deal for '83 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 21:46:04 -0800
  ...Take it to a qualified VW mechanic and pay him $50-$100 to do an inspection and repair estimate. Use this figure to negotiate...
• Re: NEW Fiberglass bumpers and side moulding prices
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 15:31:57 -0400
  ...So, I get out of my van (1990 white Carat, with the panels and bumpers painted to match), and I could see I had...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 2 Apr 2022 17:48:23 -0700
  ...Peel & Seal Instant > Waterproof Repairs 6-in x 25-ft Aluminum Roll Flashing Lowes.com > > | | | > Peel & Seal Instant Waterproof Repairs ... > | > > I used it in...
• Re: Opinions of a VW Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Feb 1997 11:58:25
  ...This means no rust (check front axle, inside front wheelwells, rocker panels, in front of and behind the front seats), excellent mechanical condition, near...
• Re: Hello All, I am back after my fiery blaze.. Have some questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:14:59 EST
  ...I believe you have to attack it from the inside, bbehind the interior panels. And my guess is it looks a lot worse from...
• Re: Seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:31:58 -0700
  ...However, if you don't plan on doing a >> full, proper repair, prep, and spray job (complete restoration of the area) >> and you just...
• contemplating engine upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:23:06 -0800
  ...The door panels have some buckling, but those too, I believe I can take care of. Over the last few months I've repaired...
• Re: NVC: what's a good non-running bus worth?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Sinclair
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:24:55 -0700
  ...No mats anywhere, cheap aftermarket door panels. > Body: excellent, no dents (to speak of) or rust, everything straight > and opens and closes properly, If...
• Re: Removing/Replacing A/C Unit?
  Historical mailing list - anthony kimmons
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:09:34 -0500
  ...It would be so much easier to repair/replace if you could remove the cover and then remove the parts! Is there a way...
• Re: Rust Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:13:31 EST
  ...Get behind as many panels as possible to clean up the rust and do the Krown treatment. The rusting you see on the outside...