be careful the thin non original stuff does not get sucked in wards and block the fan opening.
----- Original Message ----- From: "asad ishaque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:01 AM Subject: [vintagvw] Firewall insulation > > 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 and 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. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
