what body on what floorpan

bajaben Officially Full-On Dubber

222 posts · joined May 2005 · 3 May 2006, 10:09 am

#483518

Need to know what years body is interchangable with what year floorpans. i have a 65 but am looking at a new body but later models are easier to find up here. any help would be appreciated. cheers.

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Sandy Officially Full-On Dubber

254 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 3 May 2006, 12:02 pm

#483543

As far as I know you just have to reposition the body mounts that are in the rear wheel arches. Superbugs & L bugs won't fit of course, but I think everything else will.
If noone else knows for sure ring a vw workshop before you buy anything.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 3 May 2006, 2:29 pm

#483604

As Sandy said.

I was enquiring earlier here when i was considering a body swap on an earlier baja i had, but the chassis wasn't worth it. Was informed that they could be swapped (excludin the superbugs and L bugs), however the body bolt under the wheel arch is eitehr a little big lower or higher, and needs repositioning.

might be able to find my old thread, will get back to ya on it, if i do.

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HGFS Wolfsburg Wizard

531 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 3 May 2006, 11:56 pm

#483925

So long as its a pan with front beam suspension they are all interchangeable. The rear mount on later pans (c'mon someone what year did they change? 67??) is higher so you will need to move an early body's rear mount upwards an inch or two, the one under the rear fenders. Reverse that if its a later body on early pan.

Dasdubber did a sticky on one way to reposition this mount:

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=8392

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