Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:50:20 -0700
Reply-To: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint
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Those front doors can be broken down in under an hour. If you were close I'd come and do it my self.
If an 87 it probably has chrome In the doors and vent window surround . Time to get rid of it. If you did it after it was painted you'd be sorry .
While the guides and rubber are not cheap , it is money well spent .
Happily Married since 1986 .
> On Jun 16, 2014, at 11:42, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Edward et al,
>
> First, everyone needs to understand that, given how the price of our vans
> has skyrocketed of late, I've decided to get the best job done that I can,
> so you might consider it pricey.
>
> 1) Bodywork, de-rusting--There's a shop in Richmond, Virginia, Bug Haus,
> where I took the van to get the cancers removed. I have a knack for finding
> the artists in the world, you know, the ones whose work can't be rushed? It
> was there for MONTHS, but they cut out all the rust and replaced with steel
> where necessary and did a very good job of it. I had the typical driver's
> side rust below the utility connections, some seam rust, and some major
> dents and dings on the passenger side where the first owner got into a
> scrape. Total, if I remember correctly, was about $2,500. Cheap.
>
> 2) Ronnie, at Bug Haus, recommended another guy for the paint, Scott
> Hughes, in Bremo Bluff, Virginia. He's got his own shop where he restores
> classic cars and American muscle cars, but he's a VW fanatic. He wanted to
> do this one personally instead of handing it off to his guys. I'm okay with
> that. He's also changing the color, but more like 3/4 changed. We're not
> pulling out the engine and/or all the cabinets, but covering the exposed
> areas where you open the doors and such. Cost without changing color:
> $4,500. With color change: $5,000. This also includes fixing up some spots
> that Ronnie missed. Using PPG paint, if anybody is curious. Scott says it
> will take two weeks.
>
> 3) I'm having all the glass (except front door windows maybe) removed so I
> can replace all the trim, which looks horrible and leaks in places. I'm
> also pulling the pop-up off and replacing the canvas, which has that nice
> open window where there used to be a screen, with a three-window canvas.
> Still working on getting a price for pulling/replacing windows, but I'll
> let you know what I find out.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions. I don't mind talking about
> this stuff at all. :^)
> Marc Perdue
>
>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes please keep on line I have an 87 westie in need of a little body work
>> much in need of paint and new rubber for the window s
>>
>> am in the process of figuring out what it will take time, parts and $
>>
>> subi powered camper in Venice CA
>>
>> Edward V Barger
>>
>> BARGER LITE
>> ed@barger-lite.com
>> BARGER-LITE.COM
>> 310 401 0633
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 15, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>> Lister's,
>>>
>>> Please keep this topic on the list rather then private mail as I
>> have the same van and plan to prep it for painting in October.
>>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> My 85 GL has silver trim along the rain gutters and down the
>> front past the mirror. It covers the rain gutter completely. where it
>> comes down in front. It is just on the edge along the top. I also have a
>> strip on the top of the sliding door.
>>>
>>> Eric Caron
>>> 85 GL Auto
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jun 15, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I've spent a good portion of the weekend stripping parts off the van,
>>>> getting it ready for new paint!! I've run into a couple of issues that
>> I'm
>>>> thinking you all can best answer.
>>>>
>>>> Plastic piece on the rain gutters
>>>> a) Are these available from vendors?
>>>> b) The one on the rain gutter for the driver's side, in front of the
>>>> driver's door windows, is different from the others. Rather than being a
>>>> small black strip, it is pale gray (might have been silver once?) and
>>>> covers the whole edge of the gutter. Is this normal?
>>>> c) While the trim on the front of the passenger door window came off
>>>> easily, that over the sliding door seems to be held in place with
>>>> weatherstripping sealant. I'm wondering about the wisdom of taking it
>> off
>>>> and have such a mess to be cleaned up before painting. Somebody else is
>>>> doing the painting and likely would be cleaning off the adhesive.
>> Should I
>>>> just leave the trim on there or take it off?
>>>>
>>>> Front bumper
>>>> The two bolts on the rear bumper and one of them on the front, are 13mm
>>>> bolts and came off easily. The second bolt on the front bumper is a 14mm
>>>> bolt and won't come off at all. It feels like there was a welded nut
>> inside
>>>> the bumper that has come loose and there doesn't seem to be any way to
>> get
>>>> to it to remove the bumper, or tighten it back up for that matter. What
>> to
>>>> do?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, and I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go.
>>>> Marc Perdue
>>
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