The dealers can still get them, and they are quite expensive (I just bought the center section and the right end. The middle was $460 and the side was $275! Dave 90 Westy At 9:12 PM -0500 4/1/04, John Graham wrote: >Well, I've been very fortunate to have been driving Westfalias for almost 30 >years. I'm on my third one, a nice '88 model. They've always been very >reliable and faithful. I've never had to do too much to them to keep them >going - I did have to rebuild the engine on the previous one I had. > >Well, my luck ran out this afternoon. I was rear ended on the way home. >Not a bad incident as those things go - just busted up my rear bumper, >dented a little of the sheet metal around the taillights and muffler. No >one was injured - thank goodness. The person who hit me had taken her eyes >off the road to see about the toddler in the back seat - just for a second. > >I really am glad everything on my van seems ok mechanically, she's a good >hunk with a lot of miles left on her. But she's wounded. I need a new rear >bumper and bumper tail piece that goes on the driver's side. Yes, the >bumper is one of those black fiberglass items, so I don't expect that VW has >them in stock any more. So I'm going to the list. Any ideas where I might >find one? > >TIA > >John Graham >'88 Westy that needs a rear bumper >Charlotte, NC > >_________________________________________________________________ >FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! >http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ |
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