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Re: A few questions


As far as I know, unless you can find someone that's got some NOS door
rubber squirrelled away, WCM is about the only US source.  I suppose
you could find some wrecks, take the rubber off them and piece
together a whole door's worth, I'd like to know of some good cement to
do that.  Have a couple of hood seals that are half good, half bad.
Regular weatherstrip cement isn't good enough, I tried.  Hatch and
hood seals have spotty availability,and prices to match the door
rubber.  At one time I priced the whole WCM kit, was well over $600
US.  So  we're all kind of stuck until someone makes repros.
Unfortunately the VW OEM rubber seems to be really sensitive to ozone
and sunlight deterioration, I have a hatch seal that's really badly
cracked, put it on new not more that 3 years back(WCM).

On Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:08:15 +0000, you wrote:

>I've been subscribing for a little over a month now and have picked 
>up some good ideas from you guys. Thanks for the info. I have a 
>few things I am wondering about. I have a 67 fastback basket case I 
>am trying to get on the road. Nothing fancy (she is my first) just 
>dependable. Will the steering column from a 68 interchange and how 
>hard is it to swap? Looks like the collapsable(sp) section at the 
>bottom has to come off, does it?  Also, about every piece of rubber 
>on the car is shot.  I plan on buying the window rubber from WCM and 
>maybe the hood and hatch seals too. Is there any way to avoid $125 
>each for door seals. Does anyone know any way to substitute another 
>type seal or am I stuck with the remnants I have on my doors now? 
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Alvie Harris
>67 Fastback
>


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