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Subject:Re: Window chrome moulding
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sun, 7 May 2000 16:25:48 +0200

Only "Export" (early Vanagons), L, CL, GL and Carat models got the
moldings. The Transporter and C model (like mine) never had the moldings.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

kenneth d lewis wrote:

> Dave;
>         My 86 Transporter (crew cab) also came without moulding.
>
> Drive Safely & Good Luck
> Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> On Fri, 5 May 2000 15:33:56 -0400 Dave L <k1cajun@PIPELINE.COM> writes:
> >I haven't taken the glass out of any Vanagon, but I may have a
> >simple solution for all those interested in removing the chrome.
> >
> >My 89 never had the chrome.  I remember reading somwhere, maybe
> >on http://www.vanagon.com (somewhere under Info) that in either 88
> >or 89, VW switched all to use no chrome window molding.  So unless
> >the actual body metal and/or size of the glass changed in the process,
> >why not just remove chrome and rubber seal and replace with new seals
> >for an 89-91 (or 88-91 ?) Vanagon ?
> >
> >Yeah, maybe it's more cost and work.  But if simply removing the
> >chrome winds up causing a leak, then that's even more costly and
> >more work.
> >
> >Dave L.
>
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