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On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 20:53, Mark Seaton wrote: > Dave, no problem- you didn't mislead me. I have been looking for a suitable > replacement for ages now and the chance was too good to miss. It was 10gbp > and they said if it didn't fit they'd take it back so I didn't lose > anything. This seal is almost flat- ours needs to be much more like a sink > plunger. Just thought I'd save anyone else the trouble. Shame though. I > think I need to prowl around a classic show- perhaps the Bromley pageant and > check out as many fillers as I can- I'm sure that some other car has the > same or very similar fitting. I recently looked at a 70's notch in Essex > that had been imported from Sweden. It had a perfect, like new seal. So I'm > guessing but maybe an old Saab or Volvo would be worth investigating? > This was an interesting car as it seemed to have blowers fitted into the > sills, and it had a mains sump heater complete with long lead wrapped around > the bumper. > If you are talking about the rubber boot around the gas filler in the fender, I got mine from someone in California. They found it in an auto salvage yard. It had yellow paint overspray on it, but it stops the road splash from coming up. Maybe someone else can find you one. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org