I see it after looking around. They both look identical in the picture.
Hmmm.

Jim

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:32 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> They have one for the earlier version too, look at the thumbnail at the
> bottom right side of the ad.
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 31, 2017 11:23 AM
> *To:* Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> *Subject:* Re: Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop
>
>
>
> Strange it only fits 85 up.
>
>
>
> ??
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:59 AM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Had to dig around for the receipt:
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1916960
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 31, 2017 8:51 AM
> *To:* Stuart MacMillan; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> *Subject:* Re: Another strut use.
>
>
>
> Can you give us a link for the stainless version?
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:34 AM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Nice!  My EVC had gas springs for the kitchen lid, and I've often thought
> about that mod. But I've since found a source for stainless steel versions
> of the OEM type prop. Oh well.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bell
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:17 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Another strut use.
>
> Coincidentally to the recent hatch strut discussion, today I got another
> one
> of my Chinese mail deliveries.
>
> I'm totally hooked on small purchase from banggood. I mean, it's not like
> everything is great but the expense is small and many of the things turn
> out
> pretty damn good,
>
> This package was 4 short gas charged struts. I used one of them this
> afternoon to finally replace the broken leg type support on the kitchen
> unit
> lid.
>
> Blog post here
>
> https://shufti.blog/2017/03/30/vanagon-kitchen-unit-lid-strut-support/
>
> Alistair
>
>