On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Robert Fisher wrote:

  I asked
> him what 'that smell' was. He said it came from the straw that VW used
> to
> stuff the seats.
> If we've had the Vgon closed up on a really hot day, I can get a whiff
> of
> that same smell right when I open the door; Cya,
> Robert
>

but vanagon seats are not stuffed with straw.  Beetle seats weren't
either, were they?  Can't prove anything by me, of course.  Dave Mc