Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2023 07:00:38 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Richard Koerner van
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Hi Richard and others,
Richard, I’m sure looking forward to hearing about the steps to your return to the road in your vanagon. Hot water showers and all!
About grafting the van.
Many years ago My aunt had a beetle hit by a truck. My grandfather kept the totaled car. It was hit on the driver side.
He watched the news paper and eventually found a beetle for sale hit on the other side.
He brought both to a independent mechanic and traded the second beetle for the work it took to weld the good section to the damaged original beetle.
My cousin still has that beetle today.
so, this is a challenge but you have a lot of good karma on your side!
Eric Caron
> On Apr 15, 2023, at 9:07 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> That’s the spirit - if it makes you happy then it is worth it.
>
> BT
>
> On Saturday, April 15, 2023, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting pics, Dan, just to give others a little awareness of
>> my situation. I'm going to hold off buying new components for now.
>> Reason: my plan with my Vanagon Body Shop guy is to locate a carcass. For
>> the front end work. With luck, this carcass might even have a good
>> Passenger door. It might even have a "floppy mirror" (which I upgrade with
>> a crosswise drilled hole into shank with a SS dowel pin). It might even
>> have a yellow signal lens on Passenger side. It might even have a good
>> rear quarter. Sure....new windshield and gasket....but all that comes
>> after successful grafting of Van B onto Van A. The fit must be just right;
>> same with the fit of Passenger door. I'm trying to stay positive. But
>> here's the thing: I've owned this van for 34 years. Hundreds of trips and
>> adventures. Yes, monetary investment with Subie conversion and all the
>> goodies, new tranny, bunch of other stuff. And a lot of emotional
>> investment; somehow, while tooling along in some nowhere place....my mind
>> drifts to past adventures....and I smile. So, believe it or not, even if
>> it costs me $10K out of pocket in addition to whatever I get from
>> insurance, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
>>
>> On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 12:30:07 PM PDT, Dan N <
>> dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Richard's van will need another door, door gasket, a windshield with new
>> gasket. Other dented areas can be pulled and repaired, a new paint job.
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 5:47 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
>> ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> That damage id significant but can be repaired. Ask me how I know.
>>>
>>> Good luck on the fix Richard!
>>>
>>> Dave B.
>>> the Boston one
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Sent: Fri, Apr 14, 2023 9:01 pm
>>> Subject: [VANAGON] Richard Koerner van
>>>
>>> hi all,
>>>
>>> an invitation to have a look at Richard Koerner van after the accident. I
>>> have the before pictures but I don't show them because we all know what a
>>> perfect pristine condition van looks like.
>>>
>>> Good luck Richard...
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2384318.jpg
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2384319.jpg
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2384320.jpg
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2384321.jpg
>>>
>>
>>
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