[T3] Window scrapers

Keith Park topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Tue Apr 10 20:15:45 PDT 2012


Mighty cold in England right now...  
And is Dave really up at 3AM to talk with us?  :-)  Ahh  the night owl.

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dave Hall
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:34 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Window scrapers

Yes, I feel for you hot and high-humidity guys.  

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of James
Lingenfelter
Sent: 11 April 2012 02:58
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Window scrapers

Around here with 95F temperatures with 90% humidity, it's a driving error
NOT to have it out the window! In fact, it usually makes you want to get ANY
body part you can out the window!

On Apr 10, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Dave Hall wrote:

> I'd say it was a driving error to lean your arm on the window sill, 
> not a
> design flaw.   We have a funny view of driving with your elbow out  
> of the
> window in the UK - probably to save it getting frostbite or being 
> washed away!
>
> The rubber breaking is most likely due to its age and perished state - 
> it wasn't like that originally.
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> ===================
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim 
> Adney
> Sent: 10 April 2012 05:29
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Window scrapers
>
> On 9 Apr 2012 at 16:58, Gary Forsmo wrote:
>
>> Did I read, or did someone tell me, or having I been having VW Type 3 
>> "dreams" again ...
>>
>> When you lower the window glass and drive with you upper and forearm 
>> resting on the window sill, you should leave about 1/8" to 1/4" of 
>> the glass sticking up above the rubber scraper?
>
> I probably told you that. It's not the skin oils or sweat, it's that 
> the weight of your arm will bend and crack the rubber when it's old.
> Modern cars use a different design that simply lays down flat if you 
> do this, but our scrapers will break rather than lay down flat. It's 
> actually a design flaw.
>
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> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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