Body work and restoration like this is so rewarding,
Especially to a great vehicle like a good vanagon.
Looks like top grade work.
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil N
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:53 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Crash Survivor

Hey nice work.

Nice conga too!

Was finding the front PS piece difficult? (new? used?)

Neil.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:34 AM, John C... <Trvlr2001@comcast.net> wrote:
>
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=wua8um1.y9syp9t&x=0&h=1&y=a9r73p&localei
d=en_US
>
>  Hi Miguel & All,
>  You didnt describe the damage to the front end,
>  but, this is what I did to repair the front corner of my 85.
>  Get yourself a little 120 wire feed, with gas,
>  and anything is possible! :o)
>  best of luck on it !
>  John C.
>  SLC, UT...
>
>
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=wua8um1.y9syp9t&x=0&h=1&y=a9r73p&localei
d=en_US
>
>
>
>  -------------- Original message --------------
>  From: Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
>
>  > Some of you may remember the thread 'What To Do With a Crash Survivor',
>  > Neale Pickett, author. He had this crash survivor in Los Alamos a
couple of
>  > months ago and I bought it :
>  >
>  > http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/air_bags.htm
>  >
>  > My question is regarding body work. Are there any instructional sites
>  > recommended? Specifically I want to repair the front. The door I will
just
>  > replace. I don't know if it would be advisable to replace the skin or
just
>  > slide-hammer these indentations as far out as possible then just fill
in.
>  > I purchased the van from Neale and picked it up last week. The deal was
>  > straight up with no surprises. Originally I was going to haul it back
to
>  > Durango (a 3 hr drive) but I ended up installing a cracked windshield
from
>  > my boneyard and re-connecting the hot water supply to radiator where
the
>  > impact apparently caused the hose to fly off of the plastic conduit.
Other
>  > than that, the van drives straight. It even looks pretty good if you
stand
>  > at the right spot, tilt your head and squint your eyes a bit.
>  > BTW this van has a 2.3 GoWesty engine (transferable warranty) with
16,000
>  > miles. This thing is smoother and quicker than any 2.1 I've ever
driven. Big
>  > smile on my face every time I drive it..........now back to the
regularly
>  > scheduled, never ending repairs, on one van or
another....................
>  > --
>

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