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Obviously its nice to keep the coloured welting, but my orange ones were in a terrible state. T3D sell kits for a lot of money so I saught an alternative. A local taxi garage (London black cab) supplied me with enough welting FOC to complete the job. It is very similar to the original in cross section- a little bit shallower on the ribbed bit, but the correct sort of rounded "T" outer profile, in black PVC. I like to think it makes a nice contrast against the orange body panels. I think there must be loads of older cars with removeable wings that used similar welting. There are still plenty of FX4 london cabs around (in London!) so I think there must be a source (cheap) for the stuff if you're willing to look. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [T3] fender welting > We dont have round welting on the T3's, this wouldnt fit or look good. > there are several different styles of shapes used on the T3... making the > kits for us less common but Marks Bug Barn still sells the old WCM kits and > they have all the correct peices for around $100 > > Keith > > Keith Park > > Top Notch Restorations > topnotch@nycap.rr.com > 71 Squareback > 65 Notchback > 65 Squareback > 87 Golf > 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Guarnotta" <kguarnotta@usa.net> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:20 AM > Subject: [T3] fender welting > > > > Have you guys seen this on thesamba: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=69909 > > > > I emailed the guy, and he says he can make them any length. I'm not sure > but > > it looks like it could be used on our T3's. If I can give him a length he > > can quote me a price. Anyone know if this would work well, and what length > I > > would need for a '71 squareback. Then I'll let you guys know the quote... > > > > Thanks, > > > > -kevin > > > > '65 kombi > > '71 FI man sqbk > > somerville, ma > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > >