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Nope. Talked to Carlos a couple weeks ago, he's been taking care of his wife for a few months now. Didn't press the issue.

Sean, you now live up to your forum avatar

Nose job in progress. Carlos ended up pulling the A pillar a bit to enlarge the door gap, which used to be only a few mm's and the front edge of the door was almost scraping. This is a brazilian??? nose and has the round indentation for the VW emblem, which I was gonna have him flatten out, bus I ...

Yeah it's a bit frustrating

Wild ass guess: since all parts are in good condition, there's some kind of phenomenon happening :D . The large pressure above the top ring keeps it seated/sealing properly. Blowby gas accumulates between the rings because the lower ring has too small of a gap; this negates the pressure differential ...

Thanks Chuck, could not figure it out. Got a yuuuge 360mm convex Broadway mirror to clip over it tho' so I can see all the way to the B pillars.

Yes Josh, here's pics with it epoxied, and some of the PO's ghetto repairs, previously covered in tons of bondo. In the last picture, notice how Chuck's yellow tape survived sandblasting! I didn't have the heart to destroy his work :P image001reduced.jpg image002reduced.jpg image003reduced.jpg ...

They used sand but the guy was skilled, no warpage. As for condition, If you zoom in the side pictures you will find a bunch of riveted repairs. But overall plenty of solid metal left. As for deadline I need it running, in my driveway, by Aug 2nd at 9am, for Colin (air-cooled itinerant) to tune. Hi ...

naked bus is naked

Finally, with weather getting good, sh*t starts going down