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Subject:Re: Dash improvement?
From:Ralph Meyermann
Date:Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:01:55 -0600

I painted my dash with a flexible by SEM products. 3 yrs no issues

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
On Nov 17, 2014 2:38 PM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> You are right!  I just looked up an old photo of my ’84 and had never
> noticed.  Now I’m tempted to remove the padding from my ’85, but I’m sure
> that would be a disaster.
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> Stuart
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> From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 12:29 PM
> To: stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Dash improvement?
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> In a message dated 11/17/2014 2:05:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes:
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> Where did you get that, or did you remove the padded dash cover?  Padded
> dashes have been required in the US since at least the ‘70s.
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> only '85 up vanagons had the big dash pad with flat tray area.   unless it
> was a wolfsburg edition.    all other earlier vanagons just had a tiny pad
> at the edge.
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