In a message dated 11/05/2009 9:29:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

            Very  common in my neck of the woods.  CORROSION is the
culprit.  Eats those  pesky aluminium rivets that held the pedal to the floor.  Use
stainless  steel machine screws with large outside diameter flat washers to
repair.   You MAY need to repair the floor pan also as most up this way are
rotted out  also !  See the photos of the floor repair on my
_http://picasaweb.google.ca/FCondelli/VanagonBodyRepairBobRoach#_
(http://picasaweb.google.ca/FCondelli/VanagonBodyRepairBobRoach)    website.

>>>>Is this very weird, or a normal problem?  I've  never heard of such a
thing
happening!<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html)  -
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
(http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
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event, Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14,  2009