Hi Mark,

Many of the items you mention are common problems on baywindow buses and
similar-era VW's (beetles & rabbits, etc) that I have seen; though in my
experience only a few of those pieces are typically problems on a
vanagon. I think your issues are a mainly the DPO and the climate that
your vanagon spent its life in.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap)
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride)
www.pottsfamily.ca

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On 2/3/2011 7:27 AM, Mark L. Hineline wrote:
> Ben, if you have rarely seen the damage I mention, it's possible that
> one of the DPOs of my Vanagon with brown parts may have been
> overzealous when tightening screws. However, I observe brittle and
> damaged plastics in this list of parts:
>
> Steering column cowl
> Map pockets
> Heater control panel (the molding that holds the light is cracked)
> Brake fluid reservoir
> Door pulls (they all seem to be scraped and scratched)
> Inside door latch inserts
> Visor clips
>
> And so on. In the junkyards I have yet to find a map pocket that isn't
> damaged at the screws.
>
> Maybe it's because we get sun down here in San Diego, and you hardly
> ever do?
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