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Subject:Re: Fender Flares - custom made
From:Jon Brown
Date:Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:32:32 -0800

long ago I talked to Peter about them, he said he was selling them only out
of the shop because they required some "fine tuning" to install.  ie. they
weren't fitting perfectly... and he probably didn't want to sell them to
anyone that hadn't physically seen them in person first...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Drew" <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Fender Flares - custom made

> Peter at Volks Cafe made some copies of the factory OEM originals,
> but he was so horrified at the poor quality of them that he is
> selling his copies dirt cheap and does not tell anybody about them.
>
> His copies were made in Mexico.
>
> I don't think he has them listed on www.van-cafe.com but you can
> email about it.
>
> Believe it or not, there is also another type of flare that none of
> us knows about -- it is a special flare made for the German postal
service.
>
> I think I have 4 sets of the 16" flares here other than the set I
> installed on my van.
>
> At 05:43 PM 12/12/2005, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 12/12/05 5:22:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >inua@CHARTER.NET writes:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Remember, if you copy crap, you end up with crap.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >well, lets make sure not to copy the Winkler ones then !! LOL
> >
> >chris
>
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