Doorhandle needed!

[Per Lindgren]

My brother screwed up bigtime and is now in need of a door handle for
his 96 Passat. A new handle costs about $110 and too expensive, in his
opinion.

What happened: My brother was removing the doorhandles and lock
mechanisms to lube them, they were frosted and stuck. The screw on the
right front handle was stuck bigtime, so he gave it a real good twist
with a 1/4" ratchet wrench and the correct cross-head bit. Of course it
came loose, but the problem now is that the little screw was a left
thread! So naturally the threads in the handle had to go instead of the
threads on the screw.

If anyone knows of a crashed 95-97 Passat or similar and can get the
doorhandle pretty cheap, my brother would be very happy. The handle has
to be from a car with central locking, they are a bit different vs. the
ones without power locks. Also the older 88-94 and newer 97-up Passats
have different handles.

If anyone has any leads, contact me (mailto:lindgre at online.no) or my
brother Geir (mailto:ghli at frisurf.no)

Thanks a million,

PerL