--snip-- The company which produced the car, any piece of machinery, did care for its plate to last. --snip-- The van is 23 years old. It was never intended to last that long; I'd bet good money that the designers and engineers thought a 12-15 year old van would be rare compared to the production numbers. Any car company that built 30-year vehicles would eventually go out of business. We're all trying to re-animate Dodos. As for the stickers and the window rubber; they're out there, people have posted about them. Search the archives. Cya, Robert |
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