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Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses

To: "fishplate@gmail.com" <fishplate@gmail.com>, "John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk" <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 01:34:39 +0000 (UTC)
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I have the box here and the brand name IS "Dumdum."
Cute name.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
To: John Macartney <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 7:22 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM John Macartney
<John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk> wrote:
>
> I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant calle=
d DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever hear=
d of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!

Huh.=C2=A0 I worked for a VW dealer in Atlanta, and we used plenty of
Dumdum.=C2=A0 I always figured it was a slang term, as I never saw the box
it came in.

What I call Dumdum was sheets of wax paper with eight or so rods of
soft, semi-sticky sealant like modeling clay side by side.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Loo=
ked
like a box of skinny black pencils.
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<div><font size="3">I have the box here and the brand name IS 
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<div><font size="3">Cute name.</font><br>
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From: Jeff Scarbrough &lt;fishplate@gmail.com&gt;<br>
To: John Macartney &lt;John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk&gt;<br>
Cc: Triumph List &lt;triumphs@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 7:22 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM John Macartney<br 
clear="none">&lt;<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk"; 
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wrote:<br clear="none">&gt;<br clear="none">&gt; I do recall some manuals and 
service bulletins called for a sealant called DumDum - and of course, few 
people if any outside the U.K. have ever heard of DumDum. Even this list has 
speculated on it!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Huh.&nbsp; I worked for a VW 
dealer in Atlanta, and we used plenty of<br clear="none">Dumdum.&nbsp; I always 
figured it was a slang term, as I never saw the box<br clear="none">it came 
in.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">What I call Dumdum was sheets of wax paper 
with eight or so rods of<br clear="none">soft, semi-sticky sealant like 
modeling clay side by side.&nbsp; &nbsp;  Looked<br clear="none">like a box of 
skinny black pencils.
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