On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Steve Maher wrote: > > The seal around the rear cargo door (not the engine hatch) of my '71 bus > is pretty well shot. Replacements are around $70-$80 by mail order-- ouch! > Does anyone know of any workable substitutes? Need not be exact original, > as long as it keeps the door from rattling, keeps out rain, can be cut to > length, and stays in place, possibly with a little help from Silicone Sealer > or some such. > I got what was supposed to be this very thing from JC Whitney. What they sent me was a set of rubber strips from West Coast Metric. I didn't put them on right away, though, and when I finally got around to the project a couple of months later, I found that they didn't fit. There were two long and two short strips of rubber there and the long ones too long for the short edges of the hatch, but too short for the long edges. I still have the things, and still have not done the project. I am hoping that I can cut-and-piece, but haven't done the measuring for that yet... The moral of the story, I guess, is have you talked to WCM? I would think that their price should be about the same as from JCW...And they would probably give you the right stuff... Ryan McGee <ryan@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> 1971 Westfalia MABEL .------------------------------------------. /____________________________________________\ /""""""""/"|""""""| |=======| | | == | / / | | |=======| | | === | /________/___|______| |=======| |________| == | /---------===========|===========================| | ____ | -= | | | / \ | | | | \____/ | ___ | | |( ) ( )| / \| _____ [] | ---------------- O ----------------~ O ~------ \\___/ \\___/ \\___/
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