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> On 15 Jan , 2024, at 6:23 AM, Evan Sullivan <muftobration@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Dennis and Dave. I have continued scraping away at this area and
> added more pictures to the album showing the extent of the damage. You are
> right that there is other rust damage, but none as bad as this area. The
> opposite side looks pretty good with no rust on the panel.
> 
> I've removed the slider door and the wheel to get better access for
> scraping away the rot. Those are simple enough to put back in place so I
> can move it to a shop. My next step would be to remove the trailing arm and
> start cutting more of the outer skin to access the inner panels, but that
> would make it difficult to move to a shop if I wanted to. Thanks for the
> shop recommendation, Dave. I would like to give Boston AutoPaint a call, so
> I'll send you an email. I was also looking at Little Foreign Car Garage in
> Waltham <http://www.lfcg.com/files/restore.html>, which is a bit closer to
> me. It looks like this is the kind of job they might take. I'll try them
> today.
> 
> -Evan
> 
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 6:14 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
> ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> You could try Boston AutoPaint in Lynn, MA.  Talk to Doug.  He takes care
>> of my body work and owns an early VW bug.  Contact me at
>> ddbjorkman@verizon.net it you decide to contact him and I will tell them
>> you're calling.
>> 
>> Dave B.
>> the Boston one
>> 
>> On Friday, January 12, 2024 at 11:41:43 AM EST, Evan Sullivan <
>> muftobration@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Everyone
>> 
>> I'm new to this list. I have had two Vanagons since 2018 (one at a time)
>> and have been active on TheSamba since before then when I was looking for
>> my first van. A friend of mine recommended I join because I live in MA and
>> there are apparently quite a few northeast folks here.
>> 
>> I have an '85 Westy with some pretty serious rust on the rear right jack
>> point. It appears to be caused by water ingress in the rear right window
>> seal, which is bubbling with rust. Here are some photos of the jack point:
>> https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0NG4TcsmGOFIED
>> 
>> You probably noticed that a previous owner sprayed in expanding foam
>> insulation and put bondo over the rust. I will have to scrape all that off
>> to see the full extent of the damage, but my amature diagnosis based on
>> what I see so far is "not good." I'm worried especially because the
>> trailing arm mounts to the jack point.
>> 
>> I took it to a couple local auto body shops last week and they both
>> declined to work on it. Can anyone recommend someone who might take this
>> on? I'm in Acton, MA.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> -Evan
>>