Those are welded on to be able to pull on them.  It's a standard thing to do
in a body shop.  That's how they pull out dents.
Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "PB" <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: very impressive vanagon restore/camperizatio

> Point of curiosity:  What's up with the
> "acupuncture<http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2189/t3bus090nu7.jpg>?"
> I've never seen that before.
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic.
> *****************************************
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Stephen Grisanti
> <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> It's a slog if you don't read the language, but worth it for the pix and
>> the inspiration.  An incredible amount of work and imagination.  Like
>> looking at pictures of Ben's stuff, some of us can only marvel.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> --- On Sat, 10/17/09, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>
>> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
>> Subject: very impressive vanagon restore/camperizatio
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 12:21 PM
>>
>> this link was posted over on the samba, its to a spanish language
>> forum and is 26 pages about a resto of a double sliding door diesel
>> vanagon into a very cool camper.
>>
>> incredible work, and almost over the top when the shower is installed.
>>
>> nice looking materials used in cabinets,.
>>
>>
>> http://www.furgovw.org/index.php?topic=144546.0
>>
>>
>>
>> alistair
>>
>> '86 syncro 7  passenger
>> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
>> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>>
>>
>>
>>
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