California is where you may find rust free bodies for body conversion. The only rust on both my Vanagons is on the muffler tail pipe. It has a very rusty look but the look is deceiving. It is just as good as new. David
--- Karl Mullendore <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote: > My [converted] diesel [TDI] Westy Syncro is by far the best vehicle I've > ever owned, most fun to drive, best to live in :-). It could hardly be > considered 'slow', as it keeps up with traffic quite well, all the while > returning 25-28 mpg on diesel or biodiesel. And worth every penny and hour > I've put into it. Sadly, the day will come soon when it needs a new body, > the rust termites have eaten into some really important areas. Anyone know > where to find a pristine Syncro Westy body shell? > > Karl > www.westyventures.com > 1987 Westy Syncro TDI - 550,000 km > 1990 Syncro-16" highroof TD, next TDI project :-) >
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