Sisal: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisal My vanagon seats ('91 camper) are filled with a dense plastic (rubber??) foam. Dave McNeely
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > "According to Gary of Gary's Driveway VW Repair, as written in the > book My Bug, edited by Michael J. Rosen, "Beetle seats are stuffed > with natural sisal, the stuff used for making twine. > From: http://sandlizrd.baja.org/bajaseat.htm > > I dated a chick that had a bug, and I know for sure that I saw what I > thought was straw in there, and I remember thinking of Uncle J. at the > time (not Unca Joel). : ) > > How that same smell gets into a vanagon (even if only slightly) I > don't know... YGIAGAM. > > Might not even be the same smell the OP was talking about- what are > vanagon seats stuffed with, anyway? > Cya, > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of Dave Mcneely > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:58 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Friday: than Vanagon smell? > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > > I asked >> him what 'that smell' was. He said it came from the straw that VW >> used >> to >> stuff the seats. >> If we've had the Vgon closed up on a really hot day, I can get a >> whiff >> of >> that same smell right when I open the door; Cya, >> Robert >> > > but vanagon seats are not stuffed with straw. Beetle seats weren't > either, were they? Can't prove anything by me, of course. Dave Mc |
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