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Subject:Re: Rear cargo door seal for '71 bus
From:Thom Fitzpatrick
Date:Wed, 19 Apr 1995 21:38:47 -0700 (PDT)

So Steve Maher sez:
>
>
>The seal around the rear cargo door (not the engine hatch) of my '71 bus
>is pretty well shot. Replacements are around $70-$80 by mail order-- ouch!
>Does anyone know of any workable substitutes? Need not be exact original,
>as long as it keeps the door from rattling, keeps out rain, can be cut to
>length, and stays in place, possibly with a little help from Silicone Sealer
>or some such.

I would like to know too.  Someone had mentioned buying rubber with that
profile and cutting it themselves, which would work for me.  Since I'm
repainting my bus, and I literally had to _chisel_ the old dried rubber
out of my bus, I am faced with rubbering my entire bus.

I'd been planning on doing some research into this, I gues now is the time...

Thom
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