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Subject:Re: your ideas please on painting vanagon.
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:43:42 +1300

>Gary,
>         I like the "pillars between the windows painted dark with
>the glass tinted"
>look.
>Saw a pic of one somewhere but can't find it. Listmembers site?? Anyone
>know?

Some Toyota Liteaces have (stock) dark-tinted side windows which
cover the pillars. These look good. I've seen a pic of a VW T2 (Bay)
with a similar (obviously NOT stock) treatment... looked very nice!

Surely our T3s can also be so treated? The metal just below the
windows (windshield too) could also be painted gloss-black to enlarge
the apparent size of the windows, a factory trick used on some
Japanese vans.

The original windows would need to be removed and mounts and seals
fabricated to seal the new ones to the sides and pillars.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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