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Subject:Re: Puddles inside the bus
Date:Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:31:29 PST

On Thu, 2 Mar 95 Dave Kautz <dkautz@hpsidms1.sid.hp.com> wrote:
> Nope. Went looking around on the outside and found - Yikes! - RUST UNDER THE
> WINDSHIELD!! This must be the result of bad karma from having given Sami so
> much grief about driving in the salt of Missouri. But seriously, what has to
> be done to fix this? Does new metal need to be welded in? Has anybody on the
> list made this repair?

Big Orange had cancer just below the bottom edge of the windscreen.
Flakey, crusty spots that pushed the window rubber up a bit. Yeccchh.

I took it to a local VW body shop and had them remove the rust.
They removed the glass and ground down through the rust to shiny
metal.  I think they used lead to 'build up' the areas with where the
rusty parts were excised.  New rubber and glass.  It's been rust-free
for the past 4 years here in Southern Calif.  I think this ran me
about $150, not sure.

Jack  stafford@zenith.dnet.hac.com
'73 Campmobile (orange)