Ben,

This type of fender flare looks like it provides great protection to the
wheel area...

It would be great if we could replicated them with the vacuum former.

--
Rob
NYC/Long Beach, NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver

on 3/12/06 3:06 PM, BenT Syncro at syncro@GMAIL.COM wrote:

> On 3/12/06, robertmstewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
>> Saw this on a link from a Samba ad, thought some of you might find it
>> interesting....
>>
>> Multivan Front Fender Flare
>>
>> http://vw.t3.free.fr/vds/lle/lle/int/DSCF0014.JPG
>
> Rob,
>
> These look like what is sometimes called the "post office" arches as
> they were available for the Bundespost (German Postal Service) T3
> (Vanagon) Transporters. These are the same arches I was talking about
> replicating last month. I have a set of good used ones I bought from
> German Ebay. The are differentiated from the Tristar arches in that
> they have a larger wheel opening. They look very similar to the Syncro
> 16 arches except they do not require cutting of the regular US-spec
> Vanagon wheel wells. The front 2/3 portion is pop-rivetted to the door
> whilst the rear section is attached to the body.
>
> BenT