Great job.  Good pix and explanation.  Scary, though.  I think I'm facing a
similar situation with my 85 Westy.

Dave in KC
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Willem Brier <jan@HRPS.NL>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 3:28 PM
Subject: Welding - my first big job

> A friend of mine bought an '81 Westy with bad rust on the panel behind the
> kitchen unit. I found out this frequently happens to older Vanagon
Westies.
> He asked me to help him tackle the problem. We both are purely amateurs at
> welding and body-work but we did it. I now have a webpage in place to show
> others what we did and possibly help them do the same.
>
> Here it is: http://www.rustbuster.nl/Bus_zijpaneel/index1.htm (this page
is
> in English, few words, big pictures)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan W Brier
> The Netherlands
> http://www.hrps.nl/jwbus