In a message dated 3/1/05 2:38:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:

> . And the ONLY way to get rid of
> it is to cut it out and replace the cancerous metal. You can get rid
> of the seams entirely in this way...
>
>
>

not necessary and totally impractical.
lets see...lets cut off all the metal on our vanagons with seams in them..
totally rebuilding our vans.  rather insane.  no offense andrew, but  this is
not a realistic answer.   i will write more on this later.

chris