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On 7 Sep 98, at 21:12, Dave Hall wrote: > Maybe the vinyl covers use coir. In the UK, most of our 1600A and > TA Type 3s have black vinyl low-backs, all years. Mine are less > common, they are the off-white ones often fitted to green cars. We > weren't offered cloth unless we ordered it specially, at even more > cost. There's always bits of what I assumed was wood-wool lying > under the seats, but it does look very much like the air-filter > filling now I come to think of it. It is some kind of vegetable fiber. > The US spec high-backs on the special order 1600L Variant project > are filled with something softer, but have sagged badly! Maybe > that's the imitation horsehair. If you're talking about late (72-3) seats, then these were never as durable as any of the early ones. I think the difference is just in the seat/spring construction. Highbacks through 71 were quite durable. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/