My guess would be body damage, repaired long ago, now showing itself again.

Vans have come to California from everywhere. Lots of them here with
rust, some with staggering rust, though maybe not by Canadian standards.
We even have locally grown rust but ours is usually higher up from sea
air, or surfboards dripping on the roof.

Mark

Marc Perdue wrote:
> Yeah, how does a California Weekender get that kind of seam rust?  No
> openings in the side to allow the rain in.  Very little humidity.  No
> road salt.  Seriously, how does that happen?
>
> Marc
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM, BenT Syncro<syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Look the seam rust on the floor level at driver's side. This has been for
>> sale for sometime.
>>
>> BenT
>>
>> Sent from my mobile VanagonCafe
>>
>