I just picked up the stove face. It looks great. The triangles which indicate
the level have sharp corners rather than a radius. The guy who made it did have
brown plastic in stock which matched the surroundings so I had him make the part
up as an insert to the removeable panel and I'll just glue it in place. In
retrospect it might have been better to make up a whole face to replace the
metal panel which would have saved having to repaint it.  The cost to have him
make up the panel was $20.00 Canadian but he said that now that he has got the
pattern he could do repeats of exactly the same for $10.00 + taxes and shipping.
Since I only own an 85 I'm not sure whether other panels are exactly the same.
Check a sign engraver in your area and see if its better to do it there, I'll
certainly contact the guy here if anyone wants one like mine.

Tony 85GL "Westfailure"

Brent Christensen wrote:

> Hey!  I like the idea of a marine-type engraved sign.  Let me know if you go
> down that route
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: T. Thompson <tonyt_eye@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: WTB: Stove face
>
> > I just sanded that plate and the symbols off but before I did I mada a
> > photocopy of the symbols so that I could get a sign engraver to make a
> > new plastic face. Usually they have two layers so that when they grind
> > through the top layer (black) the white layer shows up underneath. I'll
> > see how much he'll charge for a new one. If that is ridiculous I'll draw
> > one in Autocad and plot it out on a piece of self adhesive vinyl on an
> > ink jet printer. I'm not sure how long this would last but I'll let you
> > know what I find out.
> >
> > Tony 85GL "Westfailure"