Re: [T3] windshield trim

[DGaries808@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/16/02 7:46:44 AM Central Daylight Time, 
dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk writes:

<< Subj:     Re: [T3] windshield trim
 Date:  9/16/02 7:46:44 AM Central Daylight Time
 From:  dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk (Dave Hall)
 Sender:    type3@vwtype3.org
 Reply-to:  type3@vwtype3.org
 To:    type3@vwtype3.org
 
 > European VW's used the cal-look seals, whereas American VW's used the
 > American style with slots for chrome trim. It's hard to digest that
 European
 > style rubber was cal-look without the slots for chrome trim, whereas
 American
 > style has the slots for chrome trim.
 
 Certainly is hard to digest - it's actually not true!
 AFAIK all Type 3s from Germany originally had the chrome window seal trim.
 The Parts book does not list any windshield rubber as 'without trim groove'
 or similar.   'USA' rubber is just an invented name, and is used by WCM for
 its catalogue to denote 'with trim groove'.
 
 Maybe someone in the past has confused the standard (=basic) Beetle rubber,
 which was without trim, and may have been the origin of the 'cal' rubber.
 Even then, a standard Beetle is a rare sight indeed.  Some later budget
 model Beetles were also sold without window trim.
 
 The trim can be removed, but not very easily if the rubber is hard and
 non-flexible due to too much sun.  Leave the rubber on the glass and peel
 down the outer edge to open the groove.  Take time loosening each part
 gradually and use some soapy water to help it slip out.  Don't do it until
 you are ready to reinstall again, or you are bound to bend it in storage.
 
 Dave.
 UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
 http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/

I just called WCM and they said exactly what I said: there's two styles, 1) 
Cal look
and 2) American Style.

Then I called Wolfsburg West. The ole boy's name is Richard. Richard told me 
that
there were three styles: 1) Standard, 2) Cal look, and 3) Export. The 
Standard style
is used on most European VW's, the Export style is used on most American VW's,
and the Cal look is an inferior grade of Standard that Wolfsburg West doesn't 
handle,
used on some Cal look cars. 
.
I go for Wolfburg West's answer. Maybe, all Type 3's came with Export rubber, 
but that's about 10 years after the beetles' standard vs. export rubber.

Don Garies
dgaries808@aol.com 

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