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1. Spot welds 2. The number plate fits on the trunk lid. 3. A zinc rich primer would be good. You could probably use an under chassis 'schutz' spray there - not visible. Good luck with it. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mysterious J" <mysteriousj@snet.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:50 PM Subject: [T3] Rear panel replacement tips? > Okay, I'm going to tackle replacing the rear panel on our '68 Fastback > myself. The body shop did cut out most of the damaged panel, but > because we were originally going to adapt the Notchback panel I had to > the Fastback. Now that I have the proper rear panel, I'm going to clear > out the remaining panel and get to it. I do have a some questions about > the project. > > 1. Is the weld along the bottom of the panel (where it attaches to the > lower section of the ductwork) a series of spot welds or one long, > continuous weld? > > 2. This panel does not have the holes for the license plate bracket. > Does someone have the measurements of where to install the captured nuts > for the bracket? > > 3. Any suggestions on a coating for the back of the rear panel? I was > thinking a weld-through primer would be good, and perhaps getting some > paint in there through the ductwork once its installed. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~