[VWNate1]

No kidding .(about the hidden VIN)

You must be younger than I as I well remember rusty vehicles in the 1950's and 1960's, dangerous ones often .

Using S & H green stamps in lieu of the safety inspection sticker, paying $15 for an illegal sticker, brake lines parting under sudden stops, putting my foot on a four year old Ford Galaxy's rear bumper and having the FRAME break away ~ this on a car that was running and driving, for sale for $350 at the time .

On and on .

I'm not saying your van isn't rusty and in dire need of the works you're doing but I remember far worse .