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Yes, the Cal-look loses the brightwork from the rubber seals, probably because new ones are very hard to find, so the smart way to go is lose them altogether. BTW some places describe the seals with trim strips as USA style, but it's really simply stock - they all came with the trim from the start. Yes again, it's not chrome, but polished anodised aluminium, which people in the USA call aluminum. Not sure why they don't say uranum or sodum (well, I can see a reason for avoiding that one!), or even potassum but there you are! I've just recited Tom Lehrer's elements song, "There's antimony, arsenic aluminum, selenium,..." and aluminum's the only one he doesn't put the 'i' in. Maybe it's all his fault - he couldn't get the verses to work without changing it to a-lu-min-um, or perhaps it's a trademark matter; maybe someone trademarked alumin-i-um. I got an e-mail from VWoA about our new club forum-type website domain www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk saying "During an Internet prospect review, you were identified as a candidate for the Volkswagen of America Club and Enthusiast Internet Licensing Program. etc..." and inviting me to apply for the trademark registering scheme. So that was the guest wandering around the site at midnight GMT a couple of days after registering the domain! Not that I was tempted, but the URL pointed to a USA or Canada choice, so I figure there's no problem either way for us. Odd they didn't spot the .uk too. Curiously there seemed a fine point of naming - "type3and4vwclub" would be OK, but strictly, "vwtype3and4club" suggests a type3and4club belonging to VW, which wouldn't be OK. That's literally a moot point; I would defend the "vwtype3and4" as the vehicle description - at least until it was going to cost lots of money. It's a funny world we live in. ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Fessenden fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org> To: <kguarnotta@usa.net> Cc: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:01 PM Subject: Re: rain issues > > On Oct 22, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > > The ones with the chrome strips are > > called cal-look right? > > I was under the impression it's the other way around. > > Stock = chrome strip. > cal look = ooh. we removed the chrome strip. > > and isn't the "chrome" aluminum? > but I've never heard anyone say aluminum strip. > > --fess > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~