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Date:         Thu, 13 May 1999 13:06:42 -0600
Reply-To:     "Jon B. Kanas" <kanas@QUALITY.QADAS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Jon B. Kanas" <kanas@QUALITY.QADAS.COM>
Subject:      Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door
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Good Morning Vannites,

Many years ago in the my 1987 Syncro Westy's life, the unobservant owner did not observe a small metal post. The relatively minor damage imparted to the center sheetmetal of the sliding door so distressed the owner, that he promptly delivered the damaged Vanagon to a known trustworthy body shop. The very body repair facility which had recently proven their trustworthiness with the completion of a concours-winning 914 also in possession of the unobservant owner. The owner says "this door shall again be made beautiful such that no one could know of the desecration imparted upon it". The beautification services were rendered and the owner's wallet made lighter.

Many openings and closings of the door later (three of four years worth), the flexing of the sheetmetal caused the thin layer of body filler to crack admitting a great evil to all things metal, moisture. A few cycles of Colorado freeze and thaw, and the crack went forth and multiplied admitting additional moisture. The twice distressed owner went forth again to the body shop where the beautification services were again rendered, and the owner's wallet made lighter.

Many openings and closings of the door later (another three of four years worth), the flexing of the sheetmetal caused the thin layer of body filler to crack admitting a great evil to all things metal, moisture. A few cycles of Colorado freeze and thaw, and the crack went forth and multiplied admitting additional moisture. The thrice distressed would like to get this fixed, once and for all as many more openings and closings of the door are desired (and it's really ugly).

Some fine poster or lurker to this list has surely encountered this unwanted and unsightly chain of events. Might that fine poster or lurker have a repair that remains beautiful even after many openings and closings of the sliding door? Might that fine poster or lurker impart that knowledge such that the thrice distressed owner not become a quadradically distressed owner?

In the event that the most effective remedy is to replacement, is it possible to replace the epidermal layer alone, or must one replace the entire door? If replacement of the entire door is required, for what years of Vanagon are these doors interchangable? Does any fine poster or lurker in this list, residing within a reasonable distance of Boulder, Colorado, have an excellent specimen they would like to exchange for United States currency?

Regards to all, Jon B Kanas Kanas@qadas.com


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