[Vwdiesel] leak in front windshield seal?

[Gary Shea]

My '82 4-door Rabbit has always leaked a few drops into the passenger
foot well when it rains, but it has begun to leak by the gallon this
year.  Literally.  I now keep a little plastic container to bail with,
but really I need a bilge pump.

These quantities are coming in when the car is sitting still, during
not particularly impressive little rainstorms (we only get maybe 12" a
year here in Salt Lake).

I've poked around a bit, so I know it's coming down from the windshield
seal, but that's about all I've figured out.  Are there typical ways in
which this happens?  Seems hard to believe that much water can come
right through the seal!

Any experience of this out there?

Thanks!

    Gary