[T3] Steering Column Tube seal?

[Max Welton]

> I'm assuming that's some sort of seal pressed into that box on the firewall. I
> don't see that seal anywhere in the parts drawing.
>
> Why the silver paint? That's not stock, is it? I expected body color.

Not stock and not silver paint. That's spray-on undercoating applied
over the paint.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2189042.jpg

Max