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The company which produced the car, any piece of machinery, did care for its
plate to last.
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The van is 23 years old. It was never intended to last that long; I'd bet
good money that the designers and engineers thought a 12-15 year old van
would be rare compared to the production numbers. Any car company that built
30-year vehicles would eventually go out of business. We're all trying to
re-animate Dodos.

As for the stickers and the window rubber; they're out there, people have
posted about them. Search the archives.

Cya,
Robert