I'm in Richmond.� I ran into a fellow a few weeks back (I saw a red Syncro in his driveway and stopped to chat) who used to be service manager at a local VW dealer.� He personally trained a fellow named Byron who is now at Brown's VW in Richmond and highly recommends him as the Vanagon mechanic to seek out.� I have no personal acquaintance with him.
�
However, for the rust repair I'd think any competent body guy could do it.� We've had good�results on non-Vanagons (collision, not rust repair) with Berling Auto Body off Chamberlayne Avenue.
�
Stephen

--- On Wed, 9/2/09, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Speaking of rust repair, Virginia?
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 10:45 AM

All the talk about fixing rust on Vanagons got me thinking more about
my poor, neglected van.� Does anybody on the list know of someone in
the central Virginia area that is familiar with our beloved vehicles
and does the kind of repairs of which Zolly speaks below?

Thanks,
Marc Perdue

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Zolly<zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> I do these rusted out holes on the Vanagons on a regular basis. �Usually
> with new windshields installed. �But these holes appear at any of the
> windows, including the rear one. �People just leave it like that for years
> and water is seeping into the car's door or body into the spongy insulations
> that will keep wet even in the hottest summer. �Never mind the rust I fix at
> the long seem in the bottom under the Westfalia outlets, where I have to cut
> out the whole long panel to weld in a new one. �Big job but that's the only
> way to save the car.
> Zoltan
>