Sisal:

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisal

My vanagon seats ('91 camper) are filled with a dense plastic (rubber??)
foam.

Dave McNeely

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Robert Fisher wrote:

> "According to Gary of Gary's Driveway VW Repair, as written in the
> book My Bug, edited by Michael J. Rosen, "Beetle seats are stuffed
> with natural sisal, the stuff used for making twine.
> From: http://sandlizrd.baja.org/bajaseat.htm
>
> I dated a chick that had a bug, and I know for sure that I saw what I
> thought was straw in there, and I remember thinking of Uncle J. at the
> time (not Unca Joel).  : )
>
> How that same smell gets into a vanagon (even if only slightly) I
> don't know... YGIAGAM.
>
> Might not even be the same smell the OP was talking about- what are
> vanagon seats stuffed with, anyway?
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Friday: than Vanagon smell?
>
> 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