I guess that depends on the condition of you rear end ;-)

On 03-Apr-2015, at 11:57, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow wrote:

> Will it ruin the rear springs, and scratch your rear bumper and you drag the tail down the street?
> 
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:36 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> If you pick up an older steel hatch, you'll know ... it is noticeably heavier.
>> 
>>> On 03-Apr-2015, at 11:23, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've never cut through it.
>>> 
>>> Maybe I'll do that for the double engine project.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Isn't it? I've cut through one of the late models to clear a diesel injector, and it was fiberglass all the way as far as I could tell. You might not have an original.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> My 91 engine lid is plastic?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The older, air-cooled and diesel engine lids are all steel, not plastic. Except for the sound deadener which looks like coir. When I first read the post, I thought the request was for an engine lid "hatch" but it was for the rear door hatch.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Mudd "Not Jack" Sparrow <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Steel hatch?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What part exactly is steel?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 5:05 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Look at diesel hatches. they are steel, if that's what you want. A lot of
>>>>>>>> people have swapped them out for plastic hatches because the steels are so
>>>>>>>> heavy and the fire protection aspect is more or less wasted on a diesel.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 2:29 AM, John Dillon <johndillon@johndillon.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> still looking for the rear hatch for an air cooled vanagon � hopefully in
>>>>>>>>> Ontario or close � anyone have such a creature?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> jdd
>>