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Subject:Re: Desperately searching for trim piece
From:Neil2
Date:Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:45:52 -0800

I concur with Stuart after inspection.

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Have you ever seen one on another tin top?  My Westy doesn't have this
> trim strip at all, but I suspect what you are seeing is shrinkage of the
> white vinyl "head bumper". Others with tin tops will know.  If that's the
> case (or even if there is a trim piece), it can be removed, softened
> carefully with a heat gun, and stretched back out. It will shrink again
> though over time, so use a little glue like Goop on it. You'll still be
> able to remove it later.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Kk Al
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 5:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Desperately searching for trim piece
>
> We are in the process of restoring our 87 syncro and have a few pieces we
> can not find.
>
> We are looking for the siding door upper right corner trim piece.
>
> See the pic linked here
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeFv4TxLdX3X1U1dDJTcjRUaDA/
> view?usp=sharing
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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