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Subject:Re: seam rust
From:David Bogle / Architecture
Date:Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:54:43 -0400

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> as for the horizontal seam behind the rear wheels - the seam that is the panel
> that water sits on when it rains in the rear vents - has anyone tried drilling
> holes in the bottom of this panel, to facilitate the exit of water??

I was wondering the same thing yesterday.  After some rain, with the busses on the
left side of the street (busses leaning left) the '87 spilled what could have been
a quart of water as I drove across the crown.  The '72 did the same but with less
water (probably a drain hole has formed.)

--
David Bogle

'72 Campmobile 2.0L
'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia