Yes, there is always more rust than meets the eye!  What you can see is only
the proverbial "tip of the iceberg."

This rig is virtually rust free except for the interior metal on the kitchen
cabinet.  It was originally a CA van and ended up in eastern OR most of its
life.

Stuart

From: Stephen Engel [mailto:sengel543@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:10 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Under the rear folding seat

Mine had a LOT of sand. The previous owner was a surf fisherman, which
should have tipped me off that there was more rust than met the eye.

  _____

From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: Under the rear folding seat

Ah yes, deep into the cleaning phase on my "new" '85 Westy.  Pulled out the
rear seat today and found 27 years of accumulated crud, mostly on the sides.
Pens, pencils, crayons, playing cards, game cards (probably a McDonald's
winner too) puzzle pieces, food, spoons, nickels dimes and quarters, all in
a sort of goo from lots of spilled pop over the years.  No dead mice though.

It's not difficult to get the seat out, and those of you who are fastidious
may want to.

I stuffed scrap pieces of foam down the sides to keep this stuff from
dropping in the gap on my '84, and I'll do it again on this one.

Stuart