Suzanne -

Saw you mention your #1 Mechanic, Bela and noticed that you are in the
"Valley" - over 25 years ago I had my first VW (an early 1965 bug) and
lived in Burbank - we used a wonderful mechanic up on San Fernando (I
think) north of the Burbank airport whose name was Bela - might this
still be the same person?  (From my age at the time Bela was ancient
then - can't imagine now)...

Just wondering...

        David W. Palmerston
        1998 VW Passat 1.8tms Windsor Blue/Grey Borbet Type H/Pilot
205/55-16 XGTs
          1989 VW Vanagon "Wolfsburg Ed" Blue/Grey

-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Hackett [mailto:yetilvft@EARTHLINK.NET]
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 1998 1:03 PM
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: Armrest Thanks, now this...

Thanks to all of you for responding about the armrest, especially to
Helmut (lucky me, I read German).

Just got my 90 Vanagon back from my a #1 mechanic Bela, and was very
happy my new buggy is in pretty good shape for 138,000 miles.  One dumb
problem is the lock on the rear lid.  Doesn't seem to want to open at
all, even following the instructions in the manual.  Bela doesn't do
locks...what do I do, get a locksmith?  Or is there some magical
incantation I say over it?

I'm beginning to love this list.

SuZanne
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Suzanne F. Hackett
Executive Director
Valley Cultural Center
Woodland Hills, CA
http://www.valleycultural.org
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