"in regard to fire protection, if a fire and heat retardent mat is placed
between the metal cover and the bed cushion, you should at least have enough
time to grab the fire extinguisher and hope for the best."

Didn't VW outfit some vans with a section of sound deadening mat that went
over the engine bay/under the cushion? Either that or the previous owner of
my van did a miraculous job making it look stock...
I have what is essentially a piece of carpet (that matches the interior),
cut to shape with rolled edges and some sort of thick fiber matting on the
bottom. It makes a BIG difference in the sound that comes through the rear
area.
This wasn't VW's doing?

-Craig
'85GL

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting, Bob said his '87 wouldn't take the steel cover.  My '81.5 has
> a
> rubber seal so perhaps it *will* fit an '86.
>
> I installed fiberglass cloth so now have: metal tension
> rods/fiberglass/plastic sheeting/fiber matting of unknown composite.
>
> On 7/3/08, Budd Premack <bpremack@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > My understanding is that, in addition to the diesel vans,  the 80-83 air
> > cooled vans also had metal engine covers.  I have switched  metal covers
> > from the 80-83 vans with the plastic ones on my 86 Syncro, 88 Wolfsburg,
> > and
> > 91 GL and they are all interchangeable.
> >
> > In regard to fire protection, if a fire and heat retardent mat is placed
> > between the metal cover and the bed cushion, you should at least have
> > enough
> > time to grab the fire extinguisher and hope for the best.
> >
> > Budd Premack
> > 91 GL, 85 L
> > Land of Sky-Blue Waters
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil2
> '82 Diesel Westy (Duckie)
>