The dealers can still get them, and they are 
quite expensive (I just bought the center section 
and the right end.

The middle was $460 and the side was $275!

Dave

90 Westy

At 9:12 PM -0500 4/1/04, John Graham wrote:
>Well, I've been very fortunate to have been driving Westfalias for almost 30
>years.  I'm on my third one, a nice '88 model.  They've always been very
>reliable and faithful.  I've never had to do too much to them to keep them
>going - I did have to rebuild the engine on the previous one I had.
>
>Well, my luck ran out this afternoon.  I was rear ended on the way home.
>Not a bad incident as those things go - just busted up my rear bumper,
>dented a little of the sheet metal around the taillights and muffler.  No
>one was injured - thank goodness.  The person who hit me had taken her eyes
>off the road to see about the toddler in the back seat - just for a second.
>
>I really am glad everything on my van seems ok mechanically, she's a good
>hunk with a lot of miles left on her.  But she's wounded.  I need a new rear
>bumper and bumper tail piece that goes on the driver's side.  Yes, the
>bumper is one of those black fiberglass items, so I don't expect that VW has
>them in stock any more.  So I'm going to the list.  Any ideas where I might
>find one?
>
>TIA
>
>John Graham
>'88 Westy that needs a rear bumper
>Charlotte, NC
>
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