My 83 Air Cooled Westy and several Vanagons that I've sold or parted out all had upholstered panels on both sides that have some pop rivets and screws to hold them on. If the van was owned by a heavy smoker it could just be tobacco stain bleeding out because of condensation moisture. It could be a rear window leak or a leak in your rain gutter. I think you're going to have to remove the material and take a look, Stan Wilder On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 08:26:04 -0400 Michael Nichols <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: > Hello from Atlanta, Ga. Both my '81's have a yellowish > discoloration > bleeding through the headliner material on the side and back window > areas > above the side panels. It is probably the contact cement used to > affix the > material to the metal window frame areas.... Has anyone ever peeled > off the > liner on the vertical areas around the windows and cleaned up the > underneath > contact cement covered metal to a nice finish? I wonder if any of > the > European models did not have this fabric over the metal.....???? > > Regards, > > Christina and Michael Nichols > 2--'81 air cooleds > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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