greeno72 Learner Dubber
15 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·
i have a beaut 58 shell and want to put an irs pan under it . I know superbug's are no good but up until what year can i use for this.
swapping 58 onto?????pan
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
For a manual gearbox IRS pan with torsion bar front, your only option is the 1976 Beetle - and not many of them left.
The '68-70 1500 Beetle semi-auto is another option, but you'll have to convert to manual if you don't want semi-auto. The manual Beetles of those years were swing-axle.
Your only other option is to replace the Superbug pan's frame-head with a torsion bar frame head and beam. A good VW workshop could do this for you.
The '68-70 1500 Beetle semi-auto is another option, but you'll have to convert to manual if you don't want semi-auto. The manual Beetles of those years were swing-axle.
Your only other option is to replace the Superbug pan's frame-head with a torsion bar frame head and beam. A good VW workshop could do this for you.
polak Everything is alright with enough Vodka :P
913 posts · joined May 2009 ·
if the IRS is all your after it would be much easier just to do a gearbox swap and do an IRS conversion.... we've done a couple and they work great!
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Uber Kafer Wolfsburg Wizard
414 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·
hey greeno72.... consider yourself very lucky, those two responses above have pretty well defined all your options. Not a bad effort for this website.
So, give or take a couple of routine fiddly details, those are your choices.
So, give or take a couple of routine fiddly details, those are your choices.
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
Agree with Adam,
i would much sooner trust a pair of welded on trailing arm pivots than an entire rewelded frame head
its also a much smaller job to weld in a pair of pivots than the whole front frame head
i would much sooner trust a pair of welded on trailing arm pivots than an entire rewelded frame head
its also a much smaller job to weld in a pair of pivots than the whole front frame head
greeno72 Learner Dubber
15 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·
thanks very much for your advice on this matter will start looking into the three options
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
If you use a 76 pan and the vehicle is registered using the original 76 chassis number.......then your car must comply with the ADR's for 1976.................this includes emissions, and anti burst doors, and a 58 shell does'nt have anti burst door looks !!
Best to use a semi auto pan or convert.
Best to use a semi auto pan or convert.