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>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 20:34:12 -0400 >From: Trish & Ted Davis <volkfolk@erols.com> >To: Heads Together Systems - Steve Farmer <hts@hts.com.au> >CC: type-3@umich.edu >Subject: Re: welding fresh air vents shut and ect. > >Heads Together Systems - Steve Farmer wrote: >> >> >has any one welded there fresh air vents shut. mine keep leeking no >> >matter what i do and i have read that its a good idea to weld them >> >shut, and anyone know if it is possable to convert a 69 fastback >> >external fill gas tank to al 68 internal fill i dont like the filler >> >door on the outside ps i already know where to get the fenders for an >> >enternal fill 69 >> > >> >thanks josh >> > >> >> Josh, >> >> I have wrestled with this problem myself and do not have a definitive >> answer to this problem. I have thought about adding a scoop type of affair >> over the top of the vent to stop the rain entering directly. >> >> Regards, >> Steve Farmer >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Heads Together Systems Pty Ltd >> PO Box 461 Rozelle, NSW, 2039 >> Sydney, Australia >> >> Net: hts@hts.com.au >> Tel: 612 9982 6767 >> Fax: 612 9981 3081 >> Visit our Web Site at http://www.hts.com.au >> >> Minds are like parachutes, they work best when open. > >Steve, do you mean like the ones for Bugs? Interesting idea! Guess it'd >have to be fabricated...I wonder what out of? -T ______________________________________________________________________ I have added the bug scoops. They had to be meticulously hand carved/cut with a utility knife to fit. (These were the plastic ones.) The key difficulty was making the profile low enough to allow the hood to open. They do cut the amount of rain water entering, but don't stop it all together. Kevin Toney ____________________________________________________________ ktoney@hotmail.com California, U.S.A. "God bless the human elbow!" '70 Sqbk/Variant '71 Sqbk/Variant '85 Golf '85 Vanagon(dead) --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------