<x-flowed> On 10/5/11 8:34 AM, Gary Forsmo wrote:
Another interesting "fact?" that I learned from a long-time VW mechanic and collector. He said VW, when they built our Type 3's, stuffed a piece of foam rubber/cellulose in the upper, rear corner of the front fenders, where the fender is bolted to the body. It's near the lower edge of the windshield. Does anyone, with an original Type 3, know if this is true? My 4 fenders were replaced in 1986 when we did a partial resto.
I found that foam piece in one of my front fenders. It looked to be the same material that is used under the rear fenders to seal off the top portion of the vents on both sides of the body to fender seal for the vent. It's was a yellow/orange colored impregnated foam or something like that. Since my front fenders were sandblasted I just used seam sealer in that area, but I've been looking for something similar to use on the rear fenders.
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