RE: [T3] WTB license plate bracket rear

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

That's standard on newer VWs where the front number plate mounting is part
of the plastic bumper - no rust problem.  I don't know what that area on a
MB is made from.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Know One [mailto:knowonelse@sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: 25 August 2008 01:53
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] WTB license plate bracket rear
> 
> > Keep in mind, rear brackets were dealer procured and dealer 
> installed.  
> > I hate to admit it .. we use to use a awl to punch 2 holes 
> in the rear 
> > and then screwed in 2 sheet metal screws.
> 
> Things haven't changed all that much. My wife leased a 
> Mercedes ML350 last year, and with all their engineering 
> knowledge and long history of building cars, I could not 
> believe that to install the front license plate bracket they 
> drilled holes into the bumper. But that was the way they did it.
> 
> There was an easy bracket design change that could have 
> obviated the drilling, but they didn't do that (move the 
> mounting holes to align with two existing screws). No way was 
> I going to drill holes, so I let the dealer do it. I wasn't 
> impressed with MB, and even less so after this.
> 
> Still can't believe MB still does it this way.
> 
> Jeff '67 Sqbk
> who would have much rather had the money to spend on the 
> Sqbk, but it wasn't to be...
> 
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