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At 10:20 PM 9/9/98 -0600, you wrote: >On 8 Sep 98, at 16:59, Allen Moore wrote: > >> Didn't Euro-spec Type 3's (those delivered in Europe) have the "Cal Look" >> window rubbers on them and that the rubbers with the metal piece in it >> was installed on cars destined for the US or Canada? > >I believe all of our cars were originally supplied with the brite >trim around the windows. So this is not properly referred to as >"American Style." Just the typical USA-centric view of things that >some people here have. > > >Which, in my opinion, was done to allow the use of a cheaper rubber >extrusion and allow the deletion of hard-to-get and often beat up >trim parts. > >Jim >- All of the original T3s (and Beetles, for that matter) that I have seen here in Europe do have the metal trim in all the window rubbers. In fact, the "Cal Look" window rubber or even the plastic metal-look window trim in an earlier T1 is a sign of a poor quality restoration job. Curiously, since all the Cal-look rubber comes from the States, some here have asked me if any of the windows in the VWs made for the US market had the metal trim! Take care, John Zagreb, Croatia ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe