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Date:         Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:35:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clamshell
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com>
In-Reply-To:  <244F1786-6258-4AC5-9E7F-0C2C44C94B25@mac.com>
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Try a magnet on it...
Jim


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:


> I took the clamshell spare tire holder off a couple of my vans and one
> of them has been sitting outside ever since.
>
> And not rusting.
>
> Which makes me curious. What is it made of? I can't imagine that it is
> aluminum. Seems way too thin for that. yet it's not standard steel, as
> the bare metal would have rusted a long time ago.
>
> It's relatively light weight, but also fairly thin.
>
> A wandering mind on a Fryday wants to know.
>
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