[T3] Window rubber

[James Lingenfelter]

  So, is it generally agreed that the bay window bus inner scrapers  
make a better substitute than the late beetle outer scrapers? Just  
trying to figure out exactly what I should get.

On Jul 14, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Keith Park wrote:

> I used the T2 rubber, I think it was the inners for the Outers on  
> the T3
> trim.  The flange isn't really deep but it was deep enough to punch  
> holes in
> and rivet them inside the sandwich between the aluminum trim and  
> the inner
> steel clamp.  The one thing I do remember is to make sure you get  
> them down
> far enough before you punch the holes, you want the lip on the  
> scraper to go
> right against the aluminum trim to kind of kick it in toward the  
> window just
> a bit.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>
>
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> In a message dated 7/14/2012 1:34:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jimmyandcher at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Yikes;  sounds like it'll be easier to just use the type 1 rubber!
>
> On Jul 14,  2012, at 10:14 AM, Dan Badeer wrote:
>
>> Let me add some comments to  my previous (April) notes.
>>
>> The ones from Avery's were  WCM.  The outer scrapers did eventually
>> fit, but with hours of  work (sore fingers).  The inners were so ill
>> fitting that I left  them out.  The clips were in the wrong locations
>> and did not  match the holes in the door, the rubber started to tear
>> after many  tries and so forth.  Maybe someone out there has found
>> better  ones
>
>
> That's my thought too. As for the inners, I use t-2 bus seals, but  
> I re-use
>  the t-3 wires, and cut new matching slots into the t-2 parts. This  
> has
> worked  out just fine on both my wife's fastback (they were done  
> back in
> 1990),
> and my  65 Notch (done in 2001).
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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