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<x-charset Windows-1252>Subject: Re: [T3] Seals and Rubber HOO Boy, Now I are an expert. Anyway, the full extent of the wonderful wisdom I was about to impart was that this topic was brought up a few weeks ago by one of our members, Mr. Daniel Baum. He has a web site with some pictures of his car he has fitted with 'generic' seals. Heres the link: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/dbaum0000/lst?.dir=/My+1969+VW+Karmann+Ghia+ Type34&.src=ph&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/dbaum0 000/lst%3f.dir=/My%2b1969%2bVW%2bKarmann%2bGhia%2bType%2b34%26.src=ph%26 .view=t I'm afraid the link isn't working since it is more than one line and won't copy into my browser. In response to my Email query off the list he responded as follows. I hope he won't mind if I copy his Email here: "I bought them from a specialist car-rubber shop in Tel Aviv. I imagine this is a bit far for you, but I can't believe there is nowhere in the US that sells similar stuff. I found the shop by going into a garage and asking them where they would go if they were looking for universal rubber seals for an old car. The round profile rubber in the photos is particularly useful, because it has a metal-reinforced lip that grips whatever channel you have there for the original rubber. That's why the door seals look authentic. They are then held in place by the trim and a metal plate which seems to be designed for holding the rubber in place, without any need for glue." I did a search and here are some manufacturers that might be able to help. I haven't checked any of them out yet, but this is the route I was thinking about taking. http://www.car-stuff.com/carlinks/body.htm Hope this helps. Doug 79 SB conv (nice) 71 Ghia conv (in need of major rustoration) 70 Fasty ( almost a daily driver) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>