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On 7 Feb 2006 at 8:50, Steve Jackson wrote: > My car has a build-date of 10/70 and VIN of 3112048034. The windshield > rubber is kinda old and dry-looking. It has dented stainless steel trim > in the groove. The trim is aluminum. It's VERY soft, so you have to take great care not to bend it when the seal is out. > I don't see any sign of steel plates inside but that doesn't mean they were > not present at some time and removed when a previous windshield was replaced. > After all, the car is nearly 36 years old! They might be gone, or you might just not have the windshield out yet. You can't see them until the window and seal are completely removed. They consist of 4 metal strips which clip along each side of the window opening. > BTW, what is meant by "Cal Look" with reference to window trim? "Cal Look" just means no groove for the aluminum trim, hence no trim. > 71 FB -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~