What is involved in swapping the complete floor pan from a bay kombi? is it even concievably possible?

Here's the theory. You can get a brand new bay kombi body shell in a crate (price unknown) but you would have to rego it under current ADR's. AKA no way it'd ever pass.

But you can get a local kombi and in theory use the kombi "chassis" with a new body, therefore it'd be a rebodied '76 (ish) kombi and only have to comply with '76 etc ADR's.

so....is it possible?

Not possible, the Kombi body is part of the chassis.
Why not change the numbers?.... Did I say that!!!

As Dave say's.
Passing on what I've heard from other's your better putting money into a reasonable original and end up with a better bus anyway.
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If you buy the body shell it comes with the floor and chassis as they are one piece


http://www.beetles-uk.com 

sell them for 4750 pounds.
thats about $11,000 then you will have to pay shipping and import duty, and it still needs engine wheels gearbox, interior.
Is it worth it???
Cheers
Dave

Check out http://www.metwiz.com 

Huge job. You just can't cut & shut, you need to cross brace the upper body to stop it distorting.
I personally doubt that it's worth doing it on a bay. A '56 deluxe bus? Well that's another matter!