Date:         Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:02:56 EST
Reply-To:     RAlanen@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Body work question
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In a message dated 24/11/2008 7:05:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Yeseree, the folks that can  do this are few and far between.  I've
only seen and worked with two such  gentlemen in all my years in this game.
Reshaping a bent panel can  certainly be done, you just need to find the right
person.  Remember  changing a panel involves the SEAMS and the cutting of the
weld joints and  making new ones.  Also, not a easy task to do correctly so
there again yo  need the "RIGHT" guy !



>>>>>>When i was 14 (that was a LONG time ago) I took  an auto body repair
class one summer through my county. The instructor was a  retired auto body man.
One day he took a dented fender, and using an  assortment of special hammers
and dollies straightened it out good as new and  never used any filler. A lost
art, I'm sure.  Jeff<<<<<<<





Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html)  -
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
(http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008

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