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fender welting: vinyl or plastic? 444-544

posted by  59445 on  Tue Jul 8 16:16 CST 2014
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Hello Gents,
A P.O. used some kind of firehose-looking material as fender welting on my '59 445 (it actually looks like the same material used as to seal the hood to the cowl). So, I'm contemplating installing the correct fender welting material.
When I check VP's site they have 2 difference types of fender welting, one is vinyl , and, the other is plastic. Does anyone know why? Is one "stock" and the other an "improvement" or just another alternative material, and if so, why?
i only want to do this once..... :)
Thanks all.
Jim








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fender welting: vinyl or plastic? 444-544

posted by  votx on  Wed Jul 9 16:22 CST 2014
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For what it's worth---I made some fender welting for a Morris Minor I'm restoring, by sewing a strip of vinyl around a piece of nylon cord (same as welting on seat upholstery). Will probably do the same on my 544 when I get to it.








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fender welting: vinyl or plastic? 444-544

posted by  bobhaub on  Thu Jul 10 14:52 CST 2014
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I'm afraid that I've got nothing to add to the vinyl/plastic question. When I restored my '63 VW 35 years ago, I used whatever was available in the aftermarket at the time. It wasn't as nice as OE, but it was much cheaper.

I'm just glad to know that I'm not the only one with a 544 and a Morris Minor.

Cheers!








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fender welting: vinyl or plastic? 444-544

posted by  votx on  Thu Jul 10 16:03 CST 2014
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The Morris Minor will be for sale shortly, then I can get back to work on the Swedish stuff.







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