Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:06:31 -0700
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: wabbott@megatest.com (William Abbott)
Subject: old bus literature, underbed cargo latchs for 70 pickup, Front engine tin. paint
1)
I sent off to Walter Miller in New Jersey and got a real
1970 VW Transporter catalog with pictures from Germany and text in
French- multi-page, color, shows pannel vans, pickups, crew-cabs,
large-bed pickups (Wooden bed and sides with steel-channel frame)
and utility versions with seats or for limosine use.
The limo picture is really cool- shows a red '70 bus with a
liveried driver (!) and a bunch of business travellers, men and women,
all very european looking, and there the tail of a Cessna in the frame
the way a Cadillac ad would have a 747- it takes a minute to realize
that the big swept tail is in the FOREGROUND and not a much bigger thing
in the background.
2)
I've just realized that I blew it big-time on my locking
cargo hatches- I drilled out the right side one to get into the
compartment, but having done that, spoiled the lock cylinder. Well,
a careful exam shows that someone had already drilled out the left
side too- so I've not no intact cylinders. At first I just thought
it had been smashed, but now that one is drilled, I know what that
looks like.
Sigh. So I'm looking for one or more 261-829-561C cargo latches
or at least one intact lock cylinder for same. I'll check, of course,
to see if the door or other lock cylinder I have is the same, but I
suspect its a special for the application. Ooops. I may end up with
a hasp and a pad-lock!
So let this be a lesson to me- don't destroy things without
making a thorough inspection.
If anyone knows of a wrecking yard with a 1968-1979 single-cab
pickup, please let me know!
3)
So here I'm about to put the front engine tin back on (FIF) and
its got 3 round holes in it- one for the fuel line, which should have
a 6mm rubber gromet, part 311 971 913, one for the accelerator cable, which
gets an N 20 092 1 gromet, conduit, and the third doesn't seem to have
any purpose, and gets an N 20 004 1 plug A.
This is the vertical piece of metal ahead of the fan shroud.
Have I left anything out?
4)
Does anyone on this list live where spray-cans of VW touchup paint
are still available? I'd like to get a couple of cans of Lotus White. I'd
pay for the paint and UPS, and buy you lunch for your trouble. I
don't know where the paint-code sticker is on my pickup- any suggestions?
Bill
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