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Subject:Re: Wanted: Sliding door, pre 85
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:40:21 -0600

Try pkoch@WALDOS.NET
He had some doors. He's in Austin Texas.
Not very close but maybe a source.
Stan Wilder

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:56:57 +0100 Erik Valeur <erikvaleur@SVERIGE.NU>
writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have a pre 1985 sliding door for sale? Or know of one in
> a junkyard
> (sorry, auto recycling center...). The sliding door for 1985 onwards
> is
> different. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the
> rear end of
> the door opening. The pre '85 style has a rear latch which looks
> kind of like
> the latch on the tailgate, while the later style is a simple round
> pin, like
> the front-door latch on a Golf.
>
> I'm looking for a door with no rust. (Scratches with surface rust
> are OK.)
> I can deal with dents. It doesn't matter what kind of
> window/mmissing window.
> Color doesn't matter either, it's going to get new paint inside &
> out anyway.
> Condition of hardware & interior panel doesn't matter either, since
> I have
> those from the old door.
>
> My Diesel Vanagon 9-passenger is getting new paint, but we
> discovered that the
> bottom inside edge of the sliding door is all rusted out.
>
> I'm located north of Boston, MA. I'll go anywhere in New England,
> and maybee NY
> to pick up a good door. I'll consider shipping from further away if
> I can't
> find something closer.
>
> Erik Valeur
> ErikValeur@AOL.com
> 978-921-0656
> 978-921-6388 fax
> 617-901-7359 cell
>
> ................................................................
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