Ed or Doctor...(and anyone else doing this)
I saw you making new window fuzzy stips for Buttercup, with some kind of orange tube under some kind of felt material but was too busy to really watch.

What materials did you use, and a brief build description please.. i.e., glued down, crimped edges, etc.

Also, if anyone has a pictures or 2 of this during the build process, please post. These looked better than factory when installed in the door, and I need to make some too. Thanks Mucho!

no need to make them inner and outer are quite cheap now as they have the outer in exact reproduction and they are good!!

You know us cheap 914 owners. It looked like $3 in parts and 20 minutes of work. Let's see what Ed or the Dr says.

While you'll have to wait for Ed or Dr. Evil to tell how they did it, I can tell you that they used 3/4" (I think...it might have been 5/8") velcro as the "fuzzy material".

Credit for the velcro idea goes to MaryShortridge who found some leftover in our crafts cupboard when searching for a hot glue gun.

George, We were looking for new ones but it kind of slipped through the cracks and we didn't get any ordered. In order to get the project in a near complete state The build crew needed to think on their feet. (as most of us 914'ers have to from time to time)

Proves Mary and company are real 914er's with that velco idea.

Perfect! Was the orange tube gluesticks?

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Hi Ed. Is the orange tube hollow for flex or solid for no flex? Great Job by the way. Thanks for the pix. You De Man!

That orange looks like residential electrical wiring.

Now we need some ideas for the vertical window felt

All I did was recognize someone else's genius It was all Mary and Ed. I think the orange is wire.

What is "quite cheap"?

That's stranded automotive wire (12 gauge I think) and 3/4 velcro (loop side) held together with hot glue. There was some other felt material we planned to use then Mary came back with the velcro.



I know someone who recently bought a pair for $60-70 each from a supplier in the southeast Price wasn't the issue, like Rick said we had a car to put together.

We knew we needed those seals but we spin out in the last lap. I figured when I saw the parts car in the photo during the event that Duane the engine guy brought you would likely have to pull the ones that were in that car. Alot of work to get an old abused pair of felts.

Man I like that solution alot. Without those seals the doors could not be assembled.

Funny, I'm working on this fuzzy strip trim now... taking a nice pair off the race car to "donate" to Dad's car....

Reviving a 6 month old thread...

George, what is the part number for the outer repro fuzzy window strips? I can only find the originals on AA's site.