Date:         Fri, 16 May 1997 17:48:08 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Norris <rnorris@wam.umd.edu>
Subject:      Re: VW-'85 WESTY-NEED A PROTECTIVE MUD FLAP

Nicholas Michael Pace wrote:
> 
> I'm an ex-Vanagon newsgroup member (so please respond to
> nickpace@rand.org via email) but my friend asked me to see if anyone
> knew where she could obtain what she describes as "the protective flap
> on the driver's side that prevents mud and junk from getting on the
> propane tanks and other stuff" for her '85 Westy Vanagon.  I asked her
> if she meant an ordinary set of wheel well mud flaps but she
> emphatically said no.  The thing she wants is a single special unit that
> is only on the driver's side and whose purpose is only to prevent junk
> from hitting the accessories under the body.  She says that the price of
> a new one is steep.
> 
> Any ideas where to get one?

Make one.  I did; out of a heavy plastic electronic packing box.  Works
like a charm.  It's stiff enough to deflect small rocks and debris and
gives a little in the wind and for branches and ground debris.


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