[Vwpickups] 82 US built Rabbit Pickup Side Molding

[al tesser]

Nope Joe and Glenn, my 82 pick up, original white factory paint and it has the recessed groove about 3/4" wide all along the body (front to back) no holes nor trim however, just above the recess my has 1 1/4" wide 3 colors, light blue, dark blue and black tape and it's a dealer aftermarket so, if I was in your shoes, I remove that old trim, paint the truck and than, just like Eric mentioned install some nice good self adhesive new trim even if there are rivet holes so, here you have my 3 cents Glenn and, I hope it helps.  Good luck

Al

--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Joe&Donna Deerkop <joedon at palouse.com> wrote:
From: Joe&Donna Deerkop <joedon at palouse.com>
Subject: Re:
 [Vwpickups] 82 US built Rabbit Pickup Side Molding
To: "vwpickups" <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 9:26 AM

Glenn, I don't think it is an aftermarket trim. I've had 2 caddy
pickups, an 81 and an 82 and they both had
 the
same rubber insert type of body trim. I don't have any idea of where you
would get replacement trim
other than a pick n pull place. I've spent a lot of time over the years
keeping mine from getting pulled off.
I use trim glue, which is a contact cement, I think. The hard part is getting
it to stick properly. I've ended up
using a kicker (a saw trim about 1/8" and however long necessary) off the
wall in my garage to get pressure
on the glue while it dried. It helped. Sorry I can't be more help.  At
first I thought you were talking about the
strip of tape on the front of the back fender which is a rock guard sort of
thing. If this needs to be
 replaced,
you can go to a home center and get tape for stair treads,  4" wide.  It
needs to be 18" long for each side.
This has held up well for me, still looks brand new and it has been 5 years
since I did it.   joe



On Feb 14, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Glenn
 Franco wrote:

> 
> Group
> I have an 82 Caddy Pickup that I'm in the process of restoring the
paint.
> I'm looking for replacement side molding trim that is midway up on the
body sides.  The rubber insert has shrunk with age and left a large gap.
> Not sure if this is just an aftermarket trim molding. Do any of you have
this molding in the recess midway up the body side?
> 
> Anyone have a source for this molding?
> Thanks
> Glenn Franco
> 82 Rust Free Caddy Pickup
> 
> 
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