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 VDUBXTC
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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Floor pan Question
IS a floor pan cut to length to suit a swb J&S the same length as a Manx floor pan?
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Brad
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 06:58 PM |
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YES
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 vw54
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 07:13 PM |
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I would do a quick measure first
some buggies were 12 1/2 n some were 13 1/2 inches, in the early days .... so get yr tape measure out
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 07:16 PM |
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Manx floorpans are shortened 14.5 inches.......
80 inch wheel base
65 Meyers Manx
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Brad
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 07:17 PM |
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early days ...... what were they poppy ???
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 07:19 PM |
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14.5 inches ... now there is an interesting paradime....
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 07:20 PM |
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there you go 2 inch differences already ...
I think the J & S were 12 1/2 from memory
It wont hurt to run the tape over the body first
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 08:31 PM |
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So how do you determin this?.
Do you measure from the centre of the front hub to the centre of the rear hub?.
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| posted on October 21st, 2004 at 10:51 PM |
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i'd measure pan length from where front goes up over tunnel to where back goes up over tunnell.
mi wheelbase is metric 2075mm but thats useless info as its a hand made frenkenstien.
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