Looks like a body spoon to me:

http://www.eastwood.com/autobody/dent-repair/hammers-dollies/long-curved-body-spoon-model-1054.html

(Needs a bit of polishing!)

Jerome

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Probably someone working in the engine bay put their favourite pry bar on
> the handy shelf and has for years now been wondering where it went!  ;)
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>> It appears that line wrap may have cut off the end of the links and
>> confused
>> some folks. The items in question were the last two pictures. Several folks
>> identified the piece on the alternator, so now the remaining question is
>> "what the heck is that big rusty iron piece I'm holding...?"
>>
>>
>>
>> Cya,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Robert Fisher [mailto:garciasghostvw@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:59 PM
>> To: 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM'
>> Subject: Can somebody identify/explain these?
>>
>>
>>
>> I was trying to get to my Idle Control Computer and found this thing hidden
>> in the space:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/MysteryDoohickey#5483214385772111
>> 618
>>
>>
>>
>> It looks like something I would've found in Grandaddy's barn, and therefore
>> I want to think it has something to do with horseshoeing, but I don't know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I decided to put the alternator from my '86 in my '87 because I thought it
>> was making some bearing noise, and when I picked it up it was like this:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/MysteryDoohickey#5483214459268981
>> 010
>>
>>
>>
>> That wasn't the way the alternator was configured in the '87 so I changed
>> it
>> around. Anybody know what's going on there?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cya,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
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> Jake
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