[T3] rear quarter fixed window seals (cal-look) … help!

Bobsnotch at aol.com Bobsnotch at aol.com
Sun Dec 9 05:46:25 PST 2012


In a message dated 12/8/12 4:47:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
vccreamer at cox.net writes:

> 72 Fastback ... Car is painted, new headliner installed, and the front 
and 
> rear window glass is in (thanks to Russ' auction); however, I cannot get 
the 
> new rear quarter window seals to fit correctly, so I took it to my local 
air 
> cooled specialist (and owns 3 Type 3s), and he was not able to get the 
first 
> set in either.  Seems as if the seals are made for slightly smaller 
windows.  
> We also brought in the local VW glass guy to help, but no luck.
>  
>  The first set was from West Coast Metric; when I called and explained, 
they 
> sent a second set out immediately and I got them fast ... and have the 
same 
> problem with these.  I then ordered a third set (this time, from ISP, as 
they 
> has a different part number) ... same thing ... the glass won't fit.
>  
>  Are we doing something wrong, or are there seals/windows of different 
sized 
> for Fastbacks?

As far as I know, they should be the same size thru the years, but I don't 
have access to my parts book (computer issues) at this time to verify.



Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof and IRS, aka "Krusty"
       64 T-34 Ghia aka "Wolfie"</HTML>



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