>
> Subject line tells most of the need........A moving vehicle smashed the
> door of my parked Westy in Pennsylvania. I am at a daughter's house in
> Missouri at the estimated halfway point of what may be an 8,000-mile
> journey, and I am looking like Henry Fonda in "The Grapes of Wrath,
> "with the Vanagon door lashed closed by an impressive rope.
>
> My "donor" van is a dark blue GL. I'd like to avoid the hassle of color
> change, however. I have yet to negotiate with insurance companies, so I
> don't yet know the route to take in repairing the van, insofar as the
> costs of and the willingness of the insurers to replace the door with a
> new VW dealer complete door, including window, et al.
>
> Let me know if you have a source for a rust-free California based door
> replacement, one which would meet the high standard of the damaged
> Westy.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Hanlon

Palm Springs,CA