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| posted on December 19th, 2003 at 09:00 AM |
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Type 3 Chassis swap.
Does anyone know if you can swap an early squareback body (short bonnet, swing axle, bullet blinkers etc) onto a 71 fastback chassis. Therefore giving
me IRS, disc etc without having to update the early chassis. I am aware for rego purposes it would be registered as a 71. Also will the early front
seat fit on the later chassis seat rails. Anything else I need to consider?
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| posted on December 19th, 2003 at 09:16 AM |
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shouldnt be a problem
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| posted on December 19th, 2003 at 08:19 PM |
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Or you can bolt in the later disc brake front end and the irs rear,
Or just remove the front drums and stubs and put on the disc brake set up.
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 07:57 AM |
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Hello,
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Also will the early front seat fit on the later chassis seat rails
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No, they won't fit.
BTW you will have to cut/weld the brackets for the rear engine hanger to support the engine-tranny.
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 10:24 AM |
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Hello,
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Also will the early front seat fit on the later chassis seat rails
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No, they won't fit.
BTW you will have to cut/weld the brackets for the rear engine hanger to support the engine-tranny.
Van der Jeught Bert,
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Yes And the rear engine brackets after weldind have a problem with metal weakness after..
If you plan on running large engine.. i suggest a little more strength.
It can be done....
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| posted on December 28th, 2003 at 06:05 PM |
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I would add tranny horns to the IRS rear axle
OR
Add IRS brackets to the swingaxle to gain tranny support
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