From:    Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)

>3) Get an early METAL deck lid for the back engine cover.

Do it. Don't mess around with jury-rigging something that almost
certainly won't work. Steel stock lids must be available in wrecking
yards. I believe all aircooleds and diesels had them. 

...I have a '92 Wasserboxer, one of the last ever made in Graz, Austria
and it has the steel engine lid.
All other T3s in Oz I have ever seen also have a steel engine lid.

Is it possible the plastic lid is a Nth American only thing..? (along
with poorer headlamps - the rest of us didn't get them either....)

If metal lids are hard to find in the US, I'm sure I can find a few here
cheaply...if shipping costs didn't sour the deal....

Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust Army)