At 12:21 PM 1999-03-02 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Many thanks to all who responded to my earlier post.
>
> Does any listmember have extra hardware and/or mounting pieces for sale???
> To list vendors; Do you have capability of ordering pieces that I need
> through VW or another source??  I am looking to install a jump seat from a
> Carat/Wolfsburg in a 1988 westy.  I am located in DC/Northern VA.
> Unfortunately, I do not have the tools or handiness necessary for welding,
> drilling holes and mounting pipe to the floor, etc....
>
> My goal is to have it installed properly.  For those Northern VA/DC
> listmembers, do you have any helpful ideas??

Well, I'm in Fairfax, and have had 5 VW's and 1 Audi over the years. Of the VW
shops I've used, I've only had to ask one for something involving custom
construction, and that was a hand-built exhaust for a '76 Westy, which turned
out great. Try the "Bug and Honda Shop" in Bailey's Crossroads on Columbia
Pike. The owner is Austin Zapala (I'm not certain of the spelling.)

He seems willing to build whatever he needs.

>
>
> I am aware of Stolhman VW, and there crazy colored shuttle van.  Have any
> listmembers had experiences with them?  If need be, will they be able to
> order *all parts* that I need and then install *correctly*?

Well, I just went there to buy a license plate bracket for the front of my '89
Syncro and they were traumatized, or at least befuddled. Then again, I'm not
certain there is such a thing. The bumper on mine is clearly molded for an
European plate, and the PO had drilled two holes with plastic expansion anchors
for his (yeah, I thought it was weird to see drywall anchors in a bumper too.)

I wound up using 2 bolts from the junk box.

--Bob, KE4GDC
89 Westy Syncro