You could try Boston AutoPaint in Lynn, MA. Talk to Doug. He takes care of my body work and owns an early VW bug. Contact me at ddbjorkman@verizon.net it you decide to contact him and I will tell them you're calling. Dave B.the Boston one On Friday, January 12, 2024 at 11:41:43 AM EST, Evan Sullivan <muftobration@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Everyone I'm new to this list. I have had two Vanagons since 2018 (one at a time) and have been active on TheSamba since before then when I was looking for my first van. A friend of mine recommended I join because I live in MA and there are apparently quite a few northeast folks here. I have an '85 Westy with some pretty serious rust on the rear right jack point. It appears to be caused by water ingress in the rear right window seal, which is bubbling with rust. Here are some photos of the jack point: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0NG4TcsmGOFIED You probably noticed that a previous owner sprayed in expanding foam insulation and put bondo over the rust. I will have to scrape all that off to see the full extent of the damage, but my amature diagnosis based on what I see so far is "not good." I'm worried especially because the trailing arm mounts to the jack point. I took it to a couple local auto body shops last week and they both declined to work on it. Can anyone recommend someone who might take this on? I'm in Acton, MA. Thanks! -Evan |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.