On Dec 8, 2008, at 10:38 AM, JordanVw@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 12/8/08 1:27:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
philzimm1@OBERON.ARK.COM writes:

> , I scoped-out a ~90 Vanagon full Westfalia Camper with full
>  side-skirt cladding and the OE German Mud Flaps installed front and
>  rear. Taking a closer look, kneeling down in the mud to see how they
>  fit; the cladding was notched at the bottom to clear the mud-flaps.

  first off, no full westys ever had the side skirts so they must have 
been added.
  and whoever did it must have cut slots in the sideskirts to fit over 
the german style mudflaps.��� i dont know how many people would do that 
as the sideskirts are alot more expensive than the mudflaps :<) but it 
sounds like whoever did it did a clean job.
  thats the reason i chose the SA mudflaps because i didnt want to cut 
into the fiberglass sideskirts.. they are already prone to cracking 
like crazy as it is, i didnt want to weaken them further by slicing 
notches into them...

  chris
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Thanks Chris for this info...
FWIW, this was a "Canadian" Westie cuz it had the low-mounted 110VAC 
outlet on the drivers side.
The "full" cladding was what drew my eye to this puppy! Huh... full 
Carrat side-skirts on a Westie? Donno if this a Canadian-Dealer thing 
or a one-off?

The notches in the rear bumper covers and the front side-covers, behind 
the front wheels were
real small... perhaps about 1/2" X 3/8". But, I can fully understand 
why one wouldn't want to cut those expensive pieces of Cladding.....

That's why I did this Chris:  (photos stripped form the listserve)
I was lusting after the fiberglass Bumpers but the cost of procuring 
all the bits and pieces to do a clean installation was prohibitive to 
this anally retentive Canadian.... I just gotta move closer to PA so I 
can keep you busy supplying me with all those cool parts you keep 
there, down on the farm Chris!

regards

Phil Z.
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