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Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:21 pm

Got this gasket (3 sets) in with some NOS stuff I picked up. Packaging says 'Dynachrome Line - Valve Cover Gasket , Volkswagen 59-up 30380' ... Its obviously not a VW aircooled valve cover gasket, and when I look it up online, it says its an oil pan gasket ...which doesn't add up either. Don't let the shape fool you ...the packaging is set up so it looks narrower at the top, but I think it installs in a rectangle shape.

Any suggestions on what it might be for???

Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:54 pm

My SWAG (Scientific Wild Ass Guess): Automatic trans gasket of some sort? Never seen anything like that, and never seen a VW automatic trans either.
How long is it ( should have thrown a ruler in that photo) ? And the auto trans wasn't as early as '59, were they?

Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:29 pm

Yeah ...never thought about the ruler trick ...They're about 16 inches long on the outside, and 15.75 inches long on the inside, and at the wide end, the holes are 5 inches apart.

Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:37 pm

Any chance that it's a typo? 95 and up maybe?

Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:40 pm

I think it's a typo

brad

Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:32 am

That's a valve cover gasket for a Rabbit.

Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:18 am

'77-'84 Rabbit Valve cover gasket.

http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/DC/7204-050107...Hwod5g8Cug

Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:25 am

That looks like 056103483A - watercooled valve cover gasket, 6mm holes, with tabs. (The one linked above is not quite the same, it lacks the tabs)

Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:17 am

Yeah ...I think you guys are onto something here. Definitely looks like a Rabbit gasket. Perhaps that's why DYNACHROME isn't around anymore!

Thanks.

Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:38 am

It's too bad all you have is the valve cover gasket, I bet that ultra-rare '59 Rabbit would be worth quite a bit. :lol:

Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:19 pm

mukluk wrote: It's too bad all you have is the valve cover gasket, I bet that ultra-rare '59 Rabbit would be worth quite a bit. :lol:

Likely a prototype. Probably got crushed and melted down with the original beetle VW body stamp molds ...hence, no repro Beetle bodies. (see my other current thread)

Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:21 pm

Digger89L wrote: mukluk wrote: It's too bad all you have is the valve cover gasket, I bet that ultra-rare '59 Rabbit would be worth quite a bit. :lol:

Likely a prototype. Probably got crushed and melted down

That would've been justifiable.

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with the original beetle VW body stamp molds ...

This, not so much.

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hence, no repro Beetle bodies. (see my other current thread)

I have, and I've thrown in my two cents worth.

Kyle