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Subject:Re: Ripoff on Vancouver Island
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:06:46 -0700

malahat will let you strip pats on your own ... hmm
not the day i was there ...
but then again they didnt have the fiberglass bumper i was looking for ...
will say this though ...
there is a repair shop right before the malahat scrap yard ...
i think it might be called hog heaven and he does vw stuff...
he once did some very huge repairs for me all reasonable cause i broke down
on my way down the high way ...
limped in with a jurry rig and he did a fine job of repairing ..
as i say reasonable too ...
to the blowin off steam guy ...
i feel for ya man ...
seek a little zen ... before pressing send ... ;-)
try the partsplace in flint michigan ...
they have a catolog o parts ...
yours

On 8/2/07, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> Malahat is funny, sometimes you get real good deals, sometimes not. I
> found the best route is to go there, strip the parts yourself. If
> there is one "big ticket item", load up with smaller stuff and they
> make good deals on package.
>
> I find them to be pretty good overall.
>
> Alistair
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>
> On 2-Aug-07, at 12:50 PM, Christopher Gronski wrote:
>
> I called Malahat Auto Parts looking for a drivers side middle sliding
> window for a westfalia and he quoted me $250 plus shipping. Crazy! Do
> these guys not know what things go for in the real world?
>
> Chris
>

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