Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes I think you are right. So what I have is aftermarket and could not
be regarded as original. Seems like Id have to make do.
I think you are right about the thickness. I could measure ....the new
one is lying on the back seat of the daily driver 68 but the earlier bought NOS
has the side pieces stashed away somewhere. We did not fit the side pieces as
they made the engine compartment tiny making spark plug change and maintenance
difficult.
Yes the NOS must be shipped in flat boxes as it would break on bending.
The newer one is foldable to a certain extent.
I have the option of visiting an interesting local shop which deals with
all kind of insulation materials. Perhaps they would have something closer to
the NOS stuff.
Asad
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:16:34 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Firewall insulation> >
> Asad,> > More than likely the very cheapest version. I just did the
> replacement on > an original 3rd owner 67 yesterday and instead of buying the
> $80 > "resoration quality" firewall from cip1, I bought the cheaper >
> stuff....almost paper thin, and they could just roll it up and put it in >
> the shipping box...> > whereas, the "restoration quality" stuff had to be
> shipped at separate > cost in large flat box...it was about 3/16"(~5mm) thick
> and the stuff I > got for the 67 might have been less than 1/16th(1.3mm?)> >
> If the folks that sell these would just tell us what the thickness was > of
> what they are selling.....*then* I could make a choice. I am betting > that
> the original stuff I took out was close 1/4"(~6.3mm).> > Cheers, dave> > -- >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------> Enough
> sunlight reac!
hes the Earth *every* hour to meet the world's> energy demand for an entire
year.....so, what do we do with it?> > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, asad ishaque
wrote:> > >> > Volks!> >> > Have a question about the tarboard firewall
insulation. Im sure Bert would be interested in this.> >> > Many years ago my
brother Suleman made a very lucky find by locating an NOS firewall insulation
tarboard. He purchased it and we put in on the 68 daily driver. It was of
pretty much the same material as originally on the car....well the remains.> >>
> Last week I bought a set for my 59 rag project. Now this is of an entirely
different material. Its thinner, more flexible and has a more textured finish.
I doubt it is original.> >> > I got it from a person who used to restore VWs
for a living till some years ago. He claimed it was the original thing. I
pointed out that the other was of a different material but he insisted that
there were two or more types available. This new one has a good finish a!
nd does have cutouts for the cables to pass thru and all. But !
maybe it
was manufactired locally here.> >> > Can anyone throw some light here? Is this
guy telling the truth?? I really dont have any choice here and would happily
keep my current purchase even if I know Ive been had!> >> > Asad.> >> >
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