Date:         Sat, 6 Jun 1998 22:16:15 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Bed slat info needed
Comments: To: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <19980606.200115.6823.1.kdlewis@juno.com>
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The placement sounds about right, I can supply a couple of pictures if you
need it!

At 20:56 6/6/98 EDT, kenneth d lewis wrote:
>Malcom;
>There are seven long and five short. Three long on the driver side, four
>on the passenger side. The two nearest the edge skip one trough, the rest
>skip two. The engine cover appears to be a marine grade  plywood with a
>laminate on top.
>I reproduced the slates out of pressure treated one by twos. I fabricated
>a special jig for the table saw to recreate the angles. I wish I would
>have used some silicone underneath them to keep the dirt out though.
>Drive Safely & Good Luck
>Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>
>
>On Sat, 6 Jun 1998 09:36:42 -0700 Malcolm Holser <mholser@ADOBE.COM>
>writes:
>>Well, all these Doublecab for sale reminded me of a question I wanted
>>to
>>ask the list.
>>
>>My doublecab is missing the wood bed slats, and the holes in the bed
>>are
>>all welded up.  They did a very good job -- so good that I can't tell
>>where all of the slats go.  It appears that a slat goes in every other
>>trough.  Some of welds would indicate that there was one every third
>>trough, though.
>>
>>Somebody in San Jose makes repro bed slats for old trucks.  He uses
>>beech,
>>which he claims is what VW used originally.  Anybody know about
>>Vanagon
>>slats?  How many should there be, and how many of each length?  I'm
>>going
>>to buy a set from this guy, and trying to fit them to my truck soon.
>>I
>>plan on using rivnuts instead of rivets, with brass or stainless
>>screws
>>so that the slats are removable.
>>
>>A second weirdness about my truck is that the particle-board engine
>>hatch
>>has been replaced with aluminum diamond-plate.  I'm planning on
>>fabricating
>>a new hatch out of corrugated steel to match the bed, and having the
>>wood
>>slats continue across the hatch.  Does anybody know of a place to get
>>the
>>material (like a bed repair panel)?
>>
>>Malcolm Holser
>>
>
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