11hhrlt

1. Interior plastic door part needs to be glued down. I tried 2 different types/brands of glue. Neither held together. Anyone know of a good "all plastics" adhesive?

2. My front emblem is looking bad. And it's probably just a matter of time before the back one starts to go so #1 above is also relevant to this. But I'm going to paint them as well and not sure about color. A good compliment to cyber gray metallic should be silver or gold although maybe a different color would look better? Thoughts, ideas, pictures?

3. Finally, what are the vent-looking slotted-holes for in the panel behind the back seat on the passengers side? What's in there that needs air? A mouse? Turtle? A GM gremlin, maybe? Does it need food and water, too?

843de

1. GM interior plastics are nearly impossible to glue, although I've had limited sucess using two part expoxies over the years.

2. Try a search for "emblem overlays" and "emblem painting" for ideas.

3. No mystery to the vent, it's part of GM's "Flo-Thru" ventilation system. If you were to pull off the rear bumper you'd see the pressure relief flapper/vent behind the right rear wheel. That lets air flow through the vehicle unless "Recirculate" is selected on the HVAC controls. See the illustration below...

11hhrlt

Bummer. Looks like I'll have get "creative".

Will do. Tried searching but not in those terms.

Sun-of-a-gun. Never would have guessed. Makes sense to me now. Thanks for the input.

Think I need a better service manual.

843de

Well you're not the first person to have those questions, and the "mystery vent" always makes more sense when you know about the vent behind the bumper.

Back in the late 60's and early 70's GM made a big deal of their "Flo-Thru" or "Astro-Ventilation", even going so far as having louvers stamped into the trunklids to show off the system.

donbrew

Remember the original VW bug? If you slammed the door with the windows closed and the heater vent off you could blow an eardrum out.

11hhrlt

Lol. Huh? What was that? You'll have to write a little louder.

Grizzly old man

donbrew,
None of the VW's I ever owned were that tight. Most were mostly rust by the time I got 'em.

donbrew

I was fortunate, none of mine were over 15 years old. 1 bug, 3 KGs, 1 squareback, all of them from the early 60's.

firemangeorge

My parents bought a brand new 68 Bug that was handed down to me about 8 years later. It was my first car.

I vividly remember the eardrum syndrome when it was new. We would try to leave one of the door vent windows slightly ajar if possible.
Dad used to joke that, " that Bug will never sink because it's too airtight."

It was still tight as new when I got it with about 80k miles on it.

Don06

To glue the plastic, try a product called Q-Bond.