Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:23:31 -0500
Reply-To: Evan Sullivan <muftobration@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Evan Sullivan <muftobration@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: '85 Vanagon rear right jack point rust
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Thank you, Dennis and Dave. I have continued scraping away at this area and
added more pictures to the album showing the extent of the damage. You are
right that there is other rust damage, but none as bad as this area. The
opposite side looks pretty good with no rust on the panel.
I've removed the slider door and the wheel to get better access for
scraping away the rot. Those are simple enough to put back in place so I
can move it to a shop. My next step would be to remove the trailing arm and
start cutting more of the outer skin to access the inner panels, but that
would make it difficult to move to a shop if I wanted to. Thanks for the
shop recommendation, Dave. I would like to give Boston AutoPaint a call, so
I'll send you an email. I was also looking at Little Foreign Car Garage in
Waltham <http://www.lfcg.com/files/restore.html>, which is a bit closer to
me. It looks like this is the kind of job they might take. I'll try them
today.
-Evan
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 6:14 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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