No, auto wrecking yards sell 'clips' from cars like this regularly - had a collision with my Rabbit once, and rather than straighten out the convoluted bends in the sheet metal, the damaged area was clipped out and a straight rear corner clip welded in.

James
Ottawa, ON

> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 22:15:20 -0500
> From: mcneely4@COX.NET
> Subject: Re: Clips everywhere
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> The ad is intended as a joke, methinks.
> 
> ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > I'm sure these guys can provide the rear clip that wrecked Westy I posted
> > from The Samba earlier needs:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1796450
> >
> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1796448
> >
> > Stuart
> 
> --
> David McNeely