At 11:28 PM 11/29/98 -0600, you wrote:

>> 3. My brother -in-law saw and couldn't wait to tell me about a 3rd brake
>> light he saw on a late model Vanagon. It was the round VW badge mounted
>> just over the rear hatch key with a red lens and lamp behind it.
>
>hmmm. i LIKE that idea. :) only trouble is, it'll only be easy
>with an 88-91 bus. :( they have the rear hatch with the big
>center VW emblem. 87 and before don't ... we have the word
>"volkswagen" over on the left side of the hatch. :( we could
>still put the brake light in the middle, but there's no
>"recess"/dimple to put it in ... so it would stick out.  :(
>
>joel
>
How about boring a (round) hole through the sheet metal behind the emblem,
then use a flat trailer light (would go into the hatch, but not through the
inner cover?).  Any mech's behind that area that would preclude this-latch,
etc?

Austin