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 beach boy
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 09:37 PM |
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cracked chassis
Hi, I have a shortened pan on a Manx I'm looking to restore. There's cracks around the handbrake 'hole' which look like someone's tried to ptch
in the past.
I can easily weld them up, but there was also a rust hole or two in the middle backbone of the pan underneath - is it beyond help, or does anyone know
of any structural/supporting mods that are good to stiffen things up?
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Brad
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 10:17 PM |
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Start again and use good pans. Your current one will be nothing but trouble. When you make a new one support it properly with a chassis stifner around
the outer edge.
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beach boy
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| posted on May 19th, 2004 at 07:25 PM |
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Thanks a lot Brad - guess I need to get a new front half (I want to keep the VIN on the car). I also need to add IRS - ho hum.
The chassis supports you mention - do you know where I can find pics/diagrams?
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| posted on June 20th, 2004 at 10:34 PM |
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use a superbug rear and a good front. There are pics on offroadvw.net
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