Date:         Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:57:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pop top seal Bulk rolls( LIST PURCHASE?)
Comments: To: ghamburg <ghamburg@VOM.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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At 07:11 PM 4/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>MAYBE WE COULD DO A LIST PURCHASE OF A ROLL OR 2 OF THIS  POP TOP SEAL
SEAL FROM TRIM LOC, I WILL BE CALLING THEM ON MONDAY TO GET SOME MORE
INFORMATION & PRICES MAYBE THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER SEALS LIKE ROOF VENT,
ENGINE COVER ETC ...
>GHAMBURG@VOM.COM
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Been there, done that department******

Looked into having them maybe do the Roof Vent Seal last month.
Custom-made (they have no trim extrusion even close to it), have to order
5000 feet of material minimum, plus the cost for tooling ($$expensive$$)
and the cost price per foot was too high.  Still cheaper to get them from
Ron (Bus Depot - $39.95), who gets them from Euro-American RV Products in
North Hollywood, CA, who is the original supplier to VW & Westfalia and
that's where I still get them for now.

Looked into having them make the Rear Hatch Seal (I need one too).  Same
story, it would be cheaper for me to buy it from VW with a shop discount.

Engine Cover Seal - This is just a plain foam rubber square (hollow)
extrusion.  I will be producing and selling it it this summer for about 1/2
of what VW gets for it (They get $26.70! - whadda rip-off) out of better
EPDM Foam material.  Trim-Lok does not do plain rubber or foam rubber
extrusions, just locking vinyl trim/rubber extrusions.

Don't mean to blow up your balloon, but  I've been doing this rubber
extrusion bit since the late 70's for Bugs and Buses and I'm just now
finishing the tooling and first production of the Windshield Seal in high
quality EPDM for Vanagons (without the chrome groove).  Tooling for that
was a couple of thou and I have to order 200 seals minimum to be able
market them at about $45-$49.  Testing of fit and leakage will be done
later this month through May.  Side and Rear Window Seals coming later this
year after I get some money back on the windshield seals to pay for that
project.  Again, I went to a different source for this (same extruder I've
had for over 20 years).