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Subject:Re: Vanagon rust
From:Jens Jakob Andersen
Date:Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:52:33 +0200

Hi Zoltan

At 00:11 03-04-2006, Zoltan wrote:
>The major areas I look would be;
>the inside of the sliding door bottom,

Looks quite nice. A bit rust on front corner of sliding door.

>The inside of the rear hatch bottom,

No rust at all.
But rust behind service-door at engine bay. Lower part of the rearend
have some holes.

>front door steps,

Gone.... Need weld there

>under the inlet hook ups,
>the most rear bottom panel,
Where is this? more exact?

>behind the front bumper on top.

Gone. Needs welding.

>And to look at the wheel wells of course first.  The rear hatch has
>little plugs and they must come out to let the water out.
Holes in them.

Additional rust.spot: Look at rear seatbelt mounts on firewall. Mine
looked good,   until I got at them with a chisel and a hammer, showed
up they were solid block of rust, not solid block of metal.

/JJ