Maybe this will help. http://www.classicvws.com/eric-1.htm Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Going soley on memory, I don't think there is a metal strip. Do you mean between the seat cover and the luggage bar uprights? I am pretty sure the uprights fastened directly to the seat on my '66. > Does anyone have an early bus in original condition with the luggage > bar on the rear seat? If you do, is there a metal strip that goes > along the top of the back of the rear seat? If there is a metal > strip, what color is it and what color is your interior? > > Since I bought my bus in pieces, some original to my bus and other > not, I'm not sure if I need this metal strip or not and if I do, I'm > not sure what color it should be. > > Julie > >