Update on this matter:

Photos at
<https://picasaweb.google.com/116691745702392292959/VanagonSport?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNLjuajX7cOjvgE&feat=directlink>

(Assuming I got the link right, have permissions set correctly, &c.)

I took a closer look: the cutout around the utility inlets (see photo),
and around the slider's handle (not shown) don't look amateurish.
Perfect radii, good alignment. Does not look like a shadetree pinstriper
job.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.