Ron,
   Find a manufucture of rubber products and have it made. This would
sell like hot cakes to older Vannagon owners, as a good cheap up grade to
cut down wind and road noise. I'll go for a pair.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, The Bus Depot wrote:

> From: "The Bus Depot" <ron@netcarrier.com>
>
> Folks,
>
> My '89 Westy goes to the body shop for a repaint on Monday.  Having bought
> Evon that new Beetle a few months ago I've come to the decision that I'll be
> keeping my Westy for some time (both for financial reasons and because there
> really isn't much I'd rather drive anyway), so I've decided to put some
> money into getting it brought back to almost like-new condition.
>
> Anyway, there is a seal that is missing on my westy, and VW tells me it is
> no longer available.  It appears that only later model Vanagons had one,
> since my '85 (and other earlier models) do not have a seal there. This seal
> goes on the body just forward of the drivers door opening, not on the door
> itself.  If you look at the front door, it is sort of shaped like this:
>
>                          _____________
>                        /              l
>                       /                         l
>                      l                        l
>      HERE >    l                              l
>                      l_______________l
>
> At the front edge of the drivers door, where it goes verticle (below the
> vent wing area) is a rubber seal attached to the body, that seals the gap
> between the door seal and the body.  My distributor lists the one above it
> (parallel to the vent wing edge) but not the one on the verticle section.
> I'd love to find one of these off of a junker (or find out if anyone has had
> success in getting a new one) in time to have it replaced during the body
> work.  If anyone has a parts van with one of these that they could
> sell/trade me, I'd really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> http://www.busdepot.com
> (215) 234-VWVW
>
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