I can confirm that my 74 did not have nails when I replaced the seal but a few of the early 60's had nails
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:19 PM, asad ishaque <[email protected]>wrote: > I believe the later models did not have the steel nails holding down the > pan to body seal. > > I saw a project Super bug circa 1975 at a bodyshop locally and noticed > it was missing the nail holes. The guy said these did not come with the > nails like the earlier models. Wonder what the factory used to hold the > seal in place? > > Not sure if there was truth in his statement. Anyone can shed more > light here please? > > Asad > Karachi, Pakistan. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:43:02 -0400 > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Attaching a pan seal > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I would not use silicone as it does not react well with metal overtime. I > have always used a urethane based caulking. Seam Sealer is based on > urethane, they use urethane to glue in windows. > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Bert Knupp <[email protected]>wrote: > > I used a bead of RTV (silicone seal) on mine and let it set up first. > Never a problem.**** > > ** ** > > Bert**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *stokester > *Sent:* Monday, October 21, 2013 6:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [vintagvw] Attaching a pan seal**** > > ** ** > > As I start to finally reassemble my '70 standard bug which suffered from a > terminal case of frame head rot I was wondering if there was a better way > to attach the pan seal.**** > > ** ** > > I know the factory used the small nails but would a good bead of RTV or > seam sealer hold it in place just as well without poking new holes in the > newly painted pan?**** > > ** ** > > Anyone used something different?**** > > ** ** > > Nick Stokes**** > > vwradios.com**** > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.**** > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
