Date:         Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:39:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex lost?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Hi Scott,

I think that was possibly the root of the problem... Once the noise and
heat insulation was applied it allowed rust to get a grip on areas where
it was no longer easy to detect. Which is why I brought it up, as the
same thing could just as easily happen to a vanagon...


Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> Are people not routinely treating surface rust............it's super
> easy to
> stop rust before it gets very bad, like even in, literally, 2 minutes.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex lost?
>
>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> That particular site has been offline for five years now.
>>
>> The material posted was too good to let get away, has since been
>> retrieved from archive.org and posted to a new server. It has been
>> mirrored at http://www.shagadelic.org/VW/info/gmbulley-soundproof/
>>
>> One word of caution... I have heard it said that the Bulley-hewitt bus
>> eventually found a new owner, and when they took a closer look at it
>> they found that it had acquired a LOT of rust. Some of the procedures in
>> the sound and heat pages may have contributed to this.
>>
>> Happy Trails,
>>
>> Greg Potts
>> 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
>> 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
>> www.busesofthecorn.com
>> www.pottsfa
>>
>> Michael Diehr wrote:
>>> Vangon.com links to http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex which
>>> appears to lost its domain registration.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, archive.org has copies of the material :
>>>  http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex
>>>
>>> Can someone track down the current URL if it's simply moved, and/or
>>> copy the info to the wiki if it's lost for good?
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> mily.ca
>


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